mollioribus
Dictionary entries
- 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);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...rectorem decet, quam diu potest, uerbis et his mollioribus ingenia curare, ut facienda suadeat cupiditatemque honesti et aequi..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...frater est." Dixit haec Circe, implicitumque me brachiis mollioribus pluma deduxit in terram vario gramine indutam. Idaeo quales..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Triduo inde ad planum descensum et iam locis mollioribus et accolarum ingeniis. Hoc maxime modo in Italiam perventum..."
