ē-blandĭor, ītus, 4,
I v. dep. a. , to obtain by flattery or coaxing (rare but class.): enitere, elabora vel potius eblandire, effice, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; cf. Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 28; Liv. 27, 31: unum consulatus diem, Tac. H. 3, 37: solitudinem ruris, Col. 8, 11, 1.—
II Of inanimate subjects, to foster , mature by mildness : caelo fecunditatem omnem eblandito, Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 118; cf. Vitr. 7, 5, 5; and somewhat diferently: ut eblandiatur lac igneam saevitiam, i. e. mitigate and drive it out , Col. 7, 5, 16.☞ Part., eblandītus, a, um, pass. , obtained or caught by flattery : eblandita suffragia, Cic. Planc. 4, 10; cf. preces, Plin. Pan. 70 fin. : aures nostrae, Gell. 11, 13, 5.