molliunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mollio, mollire, mollivi, mollitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...possidentium aut onus; relinque corporis atque animi voluptates, molliunt et enervant; relinque ambitum, tumida res est, vana, ventosa..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...receptaculum frugibus, quia rigorem frigorum eius modi loci molliunt, et si quando hostis advenit, aperta populatur, abdita autem..."