molliere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mollio, mollire, mollivi, mollitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →mollio, mollire, mollivi, mollitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble;
sg. fut. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iuvenis virtus per tot spectata labores nec mala mollierant, sed inexorabile durus exerces odium, nec iniqua finis..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...ipse ego segnis eram discinctaque in otia natus; mollierant animos lectus et umbra meos. inpulit ignavum formosae cura..."