"blandus" meaning in Latin

See blandus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈblan.dus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈbɫ̪än̪d̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈblan.dus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈblän̪d̪us] (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|adv2=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: 56 18 9 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 24 10 23 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 24 10 22 0 0
  2. enticing, seductive, alluring Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-blandus-la-adj-mbV9EBV-
  3. persuasive Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-blandus-la-adj-YQ0diq7j
  4. fawning, flattering, smooth, suave Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-blandus-la-adj-YcQ0VNf4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blandē, blandiflūus, blandiloquus, blandīmentum, blandiō, blandior, blanditer, blanditia, blandities, blandītor, blandītus, blandulus

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandiflūus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandiloquus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandīmentum"
    },
    {
      "_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": "blandītor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandītus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blandulus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "blãndã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: blãndã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: blãndã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "blandiu",
            "3": "llandio"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: blandiu, llandio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: blandiu, llandio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "bla"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: bla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: bla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bland",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: bland",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: bland"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "brando"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: brando",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: brando"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "blando"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: blando",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: blando"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "bland"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: bland",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: bland"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "blant"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: blant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: blant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "brando"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: brando",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: brando"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "blând"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: blând",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: blând"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "blando"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: blando",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: blando"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mland-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mland-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मण्ड",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blandus",
        "adv": "blandē",
        "adv2": "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": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 18 9 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pleasant, agreeable"
      ],
      "id": "en-blandus-la-adj-ymzlZh9g",
      "links": [
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant"
        ],
        [
          "agreeable",
          "agreeable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "enticing, seductive, alluring"
      ],
      "id": "en-blandus-la-adj-mbV9EBV-",
      "links": [
        [
          "enticing",
          "enticing"
        ],
        [
          "seductive",
          "seductive"
        ],
        [
          "alluring",
          "alluring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "persuasive"
      ],
      "id": "en-blandus-la-adj-YQ0diq7j",
      "links": [
        [
          "persuasive",
          "persuasive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fawning, flattering, smooth, suave"
      ],
      "id": "en-blandus-la-adj-YcQ0VNf4",
      "links": [
        [
          "fawning",
          "fawning"
        ],
        [
          "flattering",
          "flattering"
        ],
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth"
        ],
        [
          "suave",
          "suave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblan.dus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɫ̪än̪d̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblan.dus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblän̪d̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blandus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blandē"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandiflūus"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandiloquus"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandīmentum"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandior"
    },
    {
      "word": "blanditer"
    },
    {
      "word": "blanditia"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandities"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandītor"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandītus"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandulus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "blãndã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: blãndã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: blãndã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "blandiu",
            "3": "llandio"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: blandiu, llandio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: blandiu, llandio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "bla"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: bla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: bla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bland",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: bland",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: bland"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "brando"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: brando",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: brando"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "blando"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: blando",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: blando"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "bland"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: bland",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: bland"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "blant"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: blant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: blant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "brando"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: brando",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: brando"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "blând"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: blând",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: blând"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "blando"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: blando",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: blando"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mland-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mland-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मण्ड",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blandus",
        "adv": "blandē",
        "adv2": "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?"
        }
      ],
      "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": "/ˈblan.dus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɫ̪än̪d̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblan.dus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblän̪d̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blandus"
}

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