molli
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mollio, mollire, mollivi, mollitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - 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);
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all)
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...deserta secantem,qua iungunt nostrum rubro commercia ponto,mollis lapsus agit. quis te tam lene fluentem 315moturum totas..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...turba uacuum uirtute putasti? usque adeo mollis primisque caloribus inpar sum uisus? quanto poena tu dignior ista..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...superi, Nilusne et barbara Memphiset Pelusiaci tam mollis turba Canopihos animos? sic fata premunt ciuilia mundum?sic Romana..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...phaselo.haec Caesar bis terque manu quassantia tectumlimina commouit. molli consurgit Amyclas 520quem dabat alga toro. 'quisnam mea naufragus..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Alpes.primus in obliquum sonipes opponitur amnem 220excepturus aquas; molli tum cetera rumpitturba uado faciles iam fracti fluminis undas.Caesar..." - A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...penu nomines." Tum ille ostentator voce iam molli atque demissa: "philosophias" inquit "ego non didici neque discere adpetivi..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...Dionysiamque eum notissimae saltatriculae nomine appellaret, tum voce molli atque demissa Hortensius "Dionysia," inquit "Dionysia malo equidem esse..." - T
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...luca bos. LY. Tace sis. Nebula haud est mollis aeque atque huius est pectus. [OL.] Edepol papillam bellulam..."
