blandus

blandus

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mlad, nasalized form of *meld, extended form of *mel. Also see mollis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈblan.dus/, [ˈbɫan.dʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈblan.dus/

Adjective

blandus (feminine blanda, neuter blandum); first/second declension

1. pleasant, agreeable
2. enticing, seductive, alluring
3. persuasive
4. fawning, flattering, smooth, suave

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blandus	blanda	blandum		blandī	blandae	blanda
Genitive	blandī	blandae	blandī		blandōrum	blandārum	blandōrum
Dative	blandō	blandae	blandō		blandīs	blandīs	blandīs
Accusative	blandum	blandam	blandum		blandōs	blandās	blanda
Ablative	blandō	blandā	blandō		blandīs	blandīs	blandīs
Vocative	blande	blanda	blandum		blandī	blandae	blanda

Derived terms

• blandē
• blandiflūus
• blandiloquus
• blandīmentum
• blandiō
• blandior
• blanditer
• blanditia
• blandities
• blandītor
• blandītus
• blandulus

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: blãndã
• Asturian: blandiu, llandio
• Catalan: bla
• English: bland
• Galician: brando
• Italian: blando

• Occitan: bland
• Old French: blant
• Portuguese: brando
• Romanian: blând
• Spanish: blando

References

• blandus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• blandus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• blandus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• blandus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Lithuanian

Adjective

blandus

1. misty, foggy
2. thick