blandĭo

I. act. collat. form of blandior), to caress, coax, court: cur ego blandirem (mulierem), App. Mag. 87, p. 328 fin.—Part. pass.: blanditusque labor molli curabitur arte, Verr. ap. Prisc. 792 P.: blandiendo duce nutrivit malum, Sen. Hippol. 135.