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
- L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...frater est." Dixit haec Circe, implicitumque me brachiis mollioribus pluma deduxit in terram vario gramine indutam. Idaeo quales..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Triduo inde ad planum descensum et iam locis mollioribus et accolarum ingeniis. Hoc maxime modo in Italiam perventum..."
