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
- L
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..." - M
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..."