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
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..."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..."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..."