blandimentum Latin · revision 32691

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la blandus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''blandīmentum''' ''n'' (genitive blandīmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|blandior|-mentum|t1=to flatter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it with [[m|la|blandior]] under [[blandus]] “flattering”, whose etymology he calls uncertain: Schrijver connects it with Greek and Irish words for soft, while Ernout and Meillet think of a flattering voice and a link with [[balbus]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) in whom someone says he has been ruined by another's blandishments.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is coaxing behaviour, cajolery, flattery, usually in the plural;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is frequent in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero says virtue will not be corrupted by threats or blandishments.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also an inducement or favour: Livy has many favours given to the plebs by the senate.^(OLD 2012) In the plural it is an allurement or delight: Cicero says nature herself has produced many delights for us.^(OLD 2012) Grattius uses it of treats for a dog.^(OLD 2012) Nonius notes that it is neuter.^(TLL) In medieval Latin it is also a favour or permission and a payment due for obtaining it.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it allurement, flattery, fawning.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of ruinous blandishments.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of virtue and of the delights of nature.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of favours to the plebs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(usually plural)'' Coaxing, [[m|en|cajolery]], [[m|en|blandishment]], flattery.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # An inducement, favour.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An allurement, charm, delight; a treat.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A favour, permission; a payment for obtaining permission.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[blandior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}