mollissime
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);
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →molliter, mollius, mollissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
calmly/quietly/softly/gently/smoothly/easily; w/out pain/anger/harshness; weakly
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...miserum. Quamvis enim mortem sibi consciverit, tamen mollissime excessit et vita elapsus est. Sed ne inutilis quidem haec..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...proficientibus et ab iis quae non adiuvent quam mollissime pedem oportet referre. Faciunt hoc medici quoque, ut remedia..."
