mollium
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);
gen. pl. (all)
Examples
- M
XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...laborantibus visceribus infudit et hominem solaciis potius ac mollium remediorum ratione tractandum exasperavit ira, dolore concussit, magnaque miserum..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...flexi fractique motus, quales protervorum hominum aut mollium esse solent, contra naturam sunt, ut, etiamsi animi vitio..."
