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
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..."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..."
