wheedling
wheedling
subs. and adj.
See coaxing.
subs. and adj.
See coaxing.
WHEEDLING
blanditiae (insinuating words caresses): blanditiae et assentationes (Cic.): blandimentum (caressing means by which one endeavors to win over anybody): adulatio (base flattery).
blanditiae (insinuating words caresses): blanditiae et assentationes (Cic.): blandimentum (caressing means by which one endeavors to win over anybody): adulatio (base flattery).
wheedling:
1. blandĭtiae, arum: to win the good will of citizens by wheedling and flattery is shameful, benevolentiam civium blanditiis et assentando colligere turpe est, Cic. Am. 17, 61.
2. blandīmentum (mostly in plur.): you have ruined me with your w., pessum dedisti blandimentis me tuis Pl. Rud. 2, 6, 23.
3. ădŭlātio: v.FLATTERY .
1. blandĭtiae, arum: to win the good will of citizens by wheedling and flattery is shameful, benevolentiam civium blanditiis et assentando colligere turpe est, Cic. Am. 17, 61.
2. blandīmentum (mostly in plur.): you have ruined me with your w., pessum dedisti blandimentis me tuis Pl. Rud. 2, 6, 23.
3. ădŭlātio: v.