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lenimen

lenimen · n

a softening

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Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k

What it meant

lēnīmen — Lewis & Short

lēnīmen, ĭnis, n.lenio,

I a softening or soothing remedy; an alleviation, mitigation, solace (poet.): testudo laborum Dulce lenimen, Hor. C. 1, 32, 14: sollicitae lenimen dulce senectae, Ov. M. 6, 500: addidit illis hoc quoque lenimen, id. ib. 11, 450.

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Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lénimen (scan p. 375; entry #5925).

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