molliant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mollio, mollire, mollivi, mollitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...properantis caeli fugam spectet, ut infusa uallibus maria molliant terras nec ullum incrementum fluminum sentiant, ut ex minimis..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sunt dura, in id tamen valent, ut ea molliant quae sequentur. Nec omnino sine ratione est quod vulgo..."