mollissimae
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);
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...perfusus tergebatur, non linteis, sed palliis ex lana mollissima factis. Tres interim iatraliptae in conspectu eius Falernum potabant..."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..."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..."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..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...effectum erit ne possitis rebellare. uolo id quam mollissima uia consequi. uos quoque in ea re consilio..."