"blandus" meaning in Latin

See blandus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈbɫan.dʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈblan.dus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *mland-, a nasalised variant of *meld-, extended form of *mel-. Cognate to Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment”). See mollis. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*mland-}} Proto-Indo-European *mland-, {{cog|sa|मण्ड||cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment}} Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment”) Head templates: {{la-adj|blandus|adv=blandē/blanditer|comp=blandior}} blandus (feminine blanda, neuter blandum, comparative blandior, adverb blandē or blanditer); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|blandus}} Forms: blanda [feminine], blandum [neuter], blandior [comparative], blandē [adverb], blanditer [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], blandus [masculine, nominative, singular], blanda [feminine, nominative, singular], blandum [neuter, nominative, singular], blandī [masculine, nominative, plural], blandae [feminine, nominative, plural], blanda [neuter, nominative, plural], blandī [genitive, masculine, singular], blandae [feminine, genitive, singular], blandī [genitive, neuter, singular], blandōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], blandārum [feminine, genitive, plural], blandōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], blandō [dative, masculine, singular], blandae [dative, feminine, singular], blandō [dative, neuter, singular], blandīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], blandum [accusative, masculine, singular], blandam [accusative, feminine, singular], blandum [accusative, neuter, singular], blandōs [accusative, masculine, plural], blandās [accusative, feminine, plural], blanda [accusative, neuter, plural], blandō [ablative, masculine, singular], blandā [ablative, feminine, singular], blandō [ablative, neuter, singular], blandīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], blande [masculine, singular, vocative], blanda [feminine, singular, vocative], blandum [neuter, singular, vocative], blandī [masculine, plural, vocative], blandae [feminine, plural, vocative], blanda [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. pleasant, agreeable Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-blandus-la-adj-ymzlZh9g Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 16 35 17 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 36 15 34 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 36 15 34 0 0
  2. enticing, seductive, alluring Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-blandus-la-adj-mbV9EBV- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 16 35 17 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 36 15 34 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 36 15 34 0 0
  3. persuasive Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-blandus-la-adj-YQ0diq7j Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 16 35 17 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 36 15 34 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 36 15 34 0 0
  4. fawning, flattering, smooth, suave Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-blandus-la-adj-YcQ0VNf4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 16 35 17 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 36 15 34 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 36 15 34 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blandē, blandifluus, blandiloquus, blandiō, blandior, blanditer, blanditia, blandities, blandulus

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandifluus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandiloquus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandior"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blanditer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blanditia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandities"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandulus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "blãndã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "blandiu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "llandio"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "bla"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bland"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "brando"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "blando"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "bland"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "blant"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "brando"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "blând"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "blando"
    }
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mland-"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मण्ड",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment"
      },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandē",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanditer",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blande",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blandus",
        "adv": "blandē/blanditer",
        "comp": "blandior"
      },
      "expansion": "blandus (feminine blanda, neuter blandum, comparative blandior, adverb blandē or blanditer); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blandus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "pleasant, agreeable"
      ],
      "id": "en-blandus-la-adj-ymzlZh9g",
      "links": [
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          "pleasant",
          "pleasant"
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        {
          "english": "What creates the whole race of birds, if not enticing pleasure? (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.99",
          "text": "quid genus omne creat volucrum, nisi blanda voluptās?",
          "translation": "What creates the whole race of birds, if not enticing pleasure? (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)",
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        }
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        "enticing, seductive, alluring"
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          "enticing"
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        [
          "seductive",
          "seductive"
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          "alluring",
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      "glosses": [
        "persuasive"
      ],
      "id": "en-blandus-la-adj-YQ0diq7j",
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          "persuasive",
          "persuasive"
        ]
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      ],
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          "flattering",
          "flattering"
        ],
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          "smooth",
          "smooth"
        ],
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          "suave",
          "suave"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "adjective",
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɫan.dʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblan.dus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blandus"
}
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blandē"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandifluus"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandiloquus"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandior"
    },
    {
      "word": "blanditer"
    },
    {
      "word": "blanditia"
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    {
      "word": "blandulus"
    }
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      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "blãndã"
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    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "blandiu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "llandio"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "bla"
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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bland"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "brando"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "blando"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "bland"
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      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "blant"
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    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "brando"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "blând"
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    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "blando"
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      "name": "der"
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        "4": "cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "blandior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    {
      "form": "blandē",
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        "adverb"
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      "form": "blanditer",
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        "adverb"
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      "form": "blandus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blande",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blandae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blandus",
        "adv": "blandē/blanditer",
        "comp": "blandior"
      },
      "expansion": "blandus (feminine blanda, neuter blandum, comparative blandior, adverb blandē or blanditer); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blandus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pleasant, agreeable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant"
        ],
        [
          "agreeable",
          "agreeable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What creates the whole race of birds, if not enticing pleasure? (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.99",
          "text": "quid genus omne creat volucrum, nisi blanda voluptās?",
          "translation": "What creates the whole race of birds, if not enticing pleasure? (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "enticing, seductive, alluring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enticing",
          "enticing"
        ],
        [
          "seductive",
          "seductive"
        ],
        [
          "alluring",
          "alluring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "persuasive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "persuasive",
          "persuasive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fawning, flattering, smooth, suave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fawning",
          "fawning"
        ],
        [
          "flattering",
          "flattering"
        ],
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth"
        ],
        [
          "suave",
          "suave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɫan.dʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblan.dus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blandus"
}

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