molliat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mollio, mollire, mollivi, mollitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...cursus; multa accident dura, aspera, sed quae molliat et conplanet ipse. Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes uiros..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...conclusas hircinis follibus auras usque laborantis, dum ferrum molliat ignis, ut mavis, imitare. beatus Fannius ultro delatis capsis..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...toto corpore animus imperitet, quem non fortunae indulgentia molliat, non copiae principales ad segnitiem luxumque detorqueant; tunc..."