mollius
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);
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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 VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...poenas,sed quas sponte luam: quo sit tibi mollius aequor,certa fides regum totusque paratior orbis,sparge mari..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fessicorpora sustentant epulis, mensasque perosiauxilium fecere famem. si mollius aruumprodidit umorem, pinguis manus utraque glaebasexprimit ora super; nigro..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...visus et amoenior. XV. Sicuti Marco etiam Ciceroni mollius teretiusque visum in quinta in Verrem "fretu" scribere quam..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...habet. ut tamen omnes subsidant pinnae, dicas haec mollius Haemo quamquam et Carpophoro, facies tua conputat annos..."Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quidam usque eo aspera gaudent ut etiam quae mollius casus explicuit ex industria dissipent et clausulas abrumpant..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...huic uni intercedi non potest. Nullo genere homines mollius moriuntur sed nec diutius. Bassus noster videbatur mihi prosequi..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...feruntur; ex quibus alia lenior unda detinuit ac mollius vexit, alia vehementior rapuit, alia proxima ripae cursu languescente..."Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quaero hospitium, ubi ego curer mollius, quam regi Antiocho oculi curari solent. LYC. Edepol ne tibi illud possum..."
