1. mītis — Lewis & Short
mītis, e, adj.etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. mith-, to associate; Lat. mutuus,
I mild, mellow, mature, ripe; of the soil, mellow, light, kindly, fruitful; of a river, calm, gentle, placid (class.; syn.: lenis, placidus, comis).
I Lit.:
sunt nobis mitia poma,Verg. E. 1, 81:
uva,id. G. 1, 448:
Bacchus (i. e. vinum),mellow, id. ib. 1, 344:
suci,Ov. M. 14, 690:
mite solum Tiburis,Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:
mitis (fluvius) in morem stagni,Verg. A. 8, 88:
flamma,harmless, innoxious, Sil. 16, 120.—
II Trop., mild, soft, gentle.
A In gen.:
nihil tam vidi mite, nihil tam placatum, quam tum meus frater erat in sororem tuam,Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3:
mitis tranquillusque homo,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 2:
homo mitissimus atque lenissimus,Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:
ex feris et immanibus, mites reddidit et mansuetos,id. Inv. 1, 2, 2.— Poet., with acc., in respect of:
nec Mauris animum mitior anguibus,Hor. C. 3, 10, 18. —With dat.:
mites hostibus,Ov. P. 2, 1, 48:
poenitentiae mitior,towards the penitent, Tac. Agr. 16.—
B Of things:
mitis et misericors animus,Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:
consilium,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 5:
doctrina,Cic. Mur. 29, 160: malum, blandum atque dolosum, Lucil. ap. Non. 343, 9:
mitius exsilium,Ov. Tr. 2, 185:
servitium,Prop. 3, 13, 20:
opes,acquired through a long peace, Sil. 14, 653:
affectus mitiores,Quint. 5, 13, 2:
ingenium,Juv. 4, 82; 13, 184:
animus,id. 14, 15.—
C Of speech:
Thucydides si posterius fuisset, multo maturior fuisset et mitior,riper and mellower, more palalable, Cic. Brut. 83, 288:
mitis et compta oratio,id. Sen. 9, 28:
non hac tam atroci, sed illa lege mitissima, causam dicere,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.—
III Comically, made soft, mellow with beating:
mitis sum equidem fustibus,Plaut. Mil. 5, 31; cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12.—Hence, adv.: mīte, mildly, soflly, gently (rare;
not in Cic.): mite connivere,App. M. 10, p. 285, 4.—Comp.:
mitius ille perit,Ov. P. 3, 7, 27. —Sup.:
mitissime legatos appellare,Caes. B. G. 7, 43.