lēniō (imperf. lēnībat, lēnībant, V.; fut. lenibunt, Pr.), īvī, ītus, īre lenis, to soften, mollify, moderate, assuage, soothe, calm: fluvium tumentem, V.: Latrantem stomachum, H.: inopiam frumenti, S.

—Fig., to render mild, appease, alleviate, mitigate, calm, pacify: mihi miseriam, T.: illum iratum: te ipsum dies leniet: tigrīs, tame, H.: umbras, O.: seditionem, L.: saepius fatigatus lenitur, S.: dolentem Solando, V.