mollissima
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. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
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Satura XV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...mente pares sunt et similes ira atque fames. mollissima corda humano generi dare se natura fatetur, quae lacrimas..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...perfusus tergebatur, non linteis, sed palliis ex lana mollissima factis. Tres interim iatraliptae in conspectu eius Falernum potabant..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...rumpi non speret amores, temptaturum aditus et quae mollissima fandi tempora, quis rebus dexter modus. ocius omnes imperio..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...uere sereno. tum pingues agni et tum mollissima uina, tum somni dulces densaeque in montibus umbrae. cuncta tibi..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...lacrimis turpior illa suis. Iamque iterum tundens mollissima pectora palmis 'Perfidus ille abiit; quid mihi fiet?' ait. 'Quid..." - T
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...effectum erit ne possitis rebellare. uolo id quam mollissima uia consequi. uos quoque in ea re consilio..."