mollior
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mollio, mollire, mollivi, mollitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 1st - Entry →mollis, molle, mollior -or -us, mollissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
soft (cushion/grass); flexible/supple/loose/pliant; mild/tolerable; easy; calm;; weak; cowardly; unmanly; effeminate; womanish; pathic; tender (women/youths);; conciliatory/peaceful; complaisant; kindly; impressionable/sensitive; feeble;; tender, gentle; smooth, relaxing; languid (movement); amorous (writings);
nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
- M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...iunctis uidit consistere castristellus, quam uolucer Genusus, quam mollior Hapsuscircumeunt ripis. Hapso gestare carinascausa palus, leni quam fallens..." - D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Tiburtino ueniet pinguissimus agro haedulus et toto grege mollior, inscius herbae necdum ausus uirgas humilis mordere salicti..." - D
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...tamen unus Armenius Zalaces cunctis narratur ephebis mollior ardenti sese indulsisse tribuno. aspice quid faciant commercia: uenerat obses..." - D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...lare, si cupidus, si uanus et Euganea quantumuis mollior agna, si tenerum attritus Catinensi pumice lumbum squalentis traducit..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...reticulatus adulter. Ox22 suspectus tibi sit, quanto uox mollior et quo Ox23 saepius in teneris haerebit dextera lumbis..." Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...inposuit. Puella senibus dulcior mihi cycnis, agno Galaesi mollior Phalantini, concha Lucrini delicatior stagni, cui nec lapillos praeferas..."- L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...louem arcessunt et, ut uerbo eorum molliore utar, inuitant, - sed non irasceretur inuitatus ; mine uenire eum inagno inuitantium..." - T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quidem est: res ipsa testist; ita fustibus sum mollior magis quam ullus cinaedus. sed quid tibi nos tactiost..."