molles
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mollis, molle, mollior -or -us, mollissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
soft (cushion/grass); flexible/supple/loose/pliant; mild/tolerable; easy; calm;; weak; cowardly; unmanly; effeminate; womanish; pathic; tender (women/youths);; conciliatory/peaceful; complaisant; kindly; impressionable/sensitive; feeble;; tender, gentle; smooth, relaxing; languid (movement); amorous (writings);
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...maris Hadriaci longas ferit unda Salonaset tepidum in molles Zephyros excurrit Iader, 405illic bellaci confisus gente Curictum,quos..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...cuiquest, ideoque necesse est et quod molle sit et gelidum fervensve videre et seorsum varios rerum sentire colores..."Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ultimus ardebit quem tegula sola tuetur a pluvia, molles ubi reddunt ova columbae. lectus erat Cordo Procula minor..."Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...illos defendit numerus iunctaeque umbone phalanges. magna inter molles concordia. non erit ullum exemplum in nostro tam detestabile..."Satura I
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...gemma fecerit uda? occurrit matrona potens, quae molle Calenum porrectura uiro miscet sitiente rubetam instituitque rudes melior Lucusta..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...cunis, contempsit pelagus; famam contempserat olim, cuius apud molles minima est iactura cathedras. Tyrrhenos igitur fluctus lateque sonantem..."de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...Assyrius iactet nec Babylona labor; nec Triuiae templo molles laudentur Iones, dissimulet Delon cornibus ara frequens aere..."Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sermo suavisaviatio] compressiones artae amantum corporum, teneris labellis molles morsiunculae, [nostrorum orgiorum—iunculae] 67a papillarum horridularum oppressiunculae, harunc..."