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  • 1 mollio

    mollĭo, īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (mollibat for molliebat, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16; Ov. M. 6, 21:

    mollirier for molliri,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 27), v. a. [mollis], to make soft, pliant, flexible, or supple, to soften (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    frigoribus durescit umor, et idem vicissim mollitur tepefactus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

    lanam trahendo,

    by spinning, Ov. M. 2, 411:

    artus oleo,

    Liv. 21, 55:

    dum ferrum molliat ignis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 20:

    ceram,

    Ov. M. 8, 198:

    semina,

    id. ib. 7, 123:

    humum foliis,

    id. ib. 4, 741:

    glebas,

    id. ib. 6, 220:

    ventrem,

    to relax, purge moderately, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 43:

    duritias,

    id. 28, 17, 70, § 34:

    agri molliti,

    softened, loosened, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 130.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To soften, moderate, mitigate; to tame, restrain, check; to render easier, lighter, pleasanter, or less disagreeable:

    Hannibalem juveniliter exsultantem patientiā suā molliebat,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 10: quā mons mollibat mare, broke the violence of the sea, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16:

    iras,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    impetum,

    id. 3, 35:

    indocili numero cum grave mollit opus,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 6:

    poenam,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 53:

    clivum,

    to make the ascent of a hill easier, Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    clivos,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    verba usu,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

    translationem,

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 165:

    fructus feros colendo,

    to render milder, Verg. G. 2, 36:

    caelum,

    Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 124:

    lacrimae meorum me interdum molliunt,

    overcome me, Cic. Att. 10, 9, 2:

    Deus mollivit cor meum,

    softened, Vulg. Job, 23, 16.—
    B.
    To soften, render effeminate or unmanly:

    legionem,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

    animos,

    id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: vocem, to make soft or womanish, Quint. 11, 3, 24:

    puerum,

    to unman, Stat. S. 3, 4, 68.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mollio

  • 2 parco

    parco, pĕperci, less freq. parsi (the former constantly in Cic. and Cæs., the latter ante-class. and post-Aug.: parcui, Naev. ap. Non. 153, 21, or Com. 69 Rib.; part. fut. parsurus, Liv. 26, 13, 16; Suet. Tib. 62:

    parciturus,

    Hier. Ep. 14, 2), parsum, and less correctly parcĭtum, 3, v. n. and a. [for sparco; Gr. sparnos, rare; cf. Engl. spare; but v. also paucus, parvus], to act sparingly, be sparing with respect to a thing, to spare; constr. usually with dat. or absol.; ante-class. also with acc.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of things (rare but class.).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    nihil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:

    operae meae,

    id. Mil. 4, 9, 3:

    te rogo sumptu ne parcas,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

    non parcam operae,

    id. ib. 13, 27, 1:

    nec impensae, nec labori, nec periculo parsurum,

    Liv. 35, 44:

    petit, ne cui rei parcat ad ea perficienda,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 5.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere, sed paulo etiam longius tolerare posse parcendo,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4.— Poet.:

    parcens = parcus: parcentes ego dexteras Odi (= parcius administrantes vinum, flores, etc.),

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 21.—
    (γ).
    With acc. (ante-class. and poet.):

    oleas,

    Cato, R. R. 58:

    pecuniam,

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 11:

    argenti atque auri memoras quae multa talenta, Gnatis parce tuis,

    spare, reserve for your children, Verg. A. 10, 532 Serv.—Prov.:

    qui parcit virgae odit filium,

    Vulg. Prov. 13, 24.—
    B.
    Of persons, to spare, have mercy upon, forbear to injure or punish (eccl. and late Lat.), usually with dat.:

    non pepercisti filio tuo,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 16; id. 2 Pet. 2, 4 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A. (α).
    With dat.:

    tibi parce,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 112:

    justitia autem praecipit, parcere omnibus, consulere generi hominum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12: aedificiis omnibus publicis et privatis, id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 120:

    amicitiis et dignitatibus,

    id. Or. 26, 89; id. Phil. 2, 24, 59:

    non aetate confectis, non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

    subjectis, sed debellare superbos,

    Verg. A. 6, 853:

    ne reliquis quidem nepotibus parsurus creditur,

    Suet. Tib. 62:

    alicujus auribus,

    i. e. to refrain from speaking on disagreeable topics, Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,

    auribus et consuetudini,

    id. de Or. 3, 43, 170:

    valetudini,

    id. Fam. 11, 27, 1:

    famae,

    Prop. 1, 16, 11:

    oculis,

    i. e. to turn away one's eyes from an unpleasant sight, id. 4, 9, 35:

    luminibus,

    Tib. 1, 2, 33; Suet. Dom. 11:

    parcit Cognatis maculis similis fera,

    Juv. 15, 159.—
    (β).
    With in and acc. (ante-and post-class.):

    neque parcit in hostes,

    Lucr. 6, 399:

    parce in feminam,

    App. M. 1, p. 105, 39.—
    (γ).
    Absol. ( poet.):

    thyrso parcente ferit,

    i. e. lightly, Stat. Ach. 1, 572.—
    B.
    To abstain or refrain from doing a thing; to forbear, leave off, desist, stop, cease, let alone, omit (cf.: desino, mitto): meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. p. 242 Müll.; cf. Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 3; id. Pers. 2, 5, 11; so,

    neque parcetur labori,

    Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2:

    auxilio,

    to make no use of proffered assistance, id. Planc. 35, 86:

    lamentis,

    Liv. 6, 3:

    bello,

    abstain from, Verg. A. 9, 656:

    hibernis parcebant flatibus Euri,

    id. G. 2, 339:

    parce metu,

    cease from, id. A. 1, 257.—
    (β).
    With inf., to refrain, forbear (not in class. prose):

    visere opera tua,

    Cato, R. R. 1, 1:

    hancine ego vitam parsi perdere,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2:

    proinde parce, sis, fidem ac jura societatis jactare,

    Liv. 34, 32:

    parcite, oves, nimium procedere,

    Verg. E. 3, 94:

    pias scelerare manus,

    id. A. 3, 42:

    defundere vinum,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

    ne parce dare,

    id. C. 1, 28, 23:

    parce postea paupertatem cuiquam objectare,

    App. Mag. 23, p. 289, 3; Aug. Ep. 43, 24:

    ori,

    to refrain from speaking, Vulg. Job, 7, 11.—
    * (γ).
    With acc.:

    parcito linguam in sacrificiis dicebatur, i. e. coërceto, contineto, taceto,

    Fest. p. 222 Müll.—
    * (δ).
    With ab, to desist from:

    precantes, ut a caedibus et ab incendiis parceretur,

    Liv. 25, 25, 6; so with abl. alone:

    caede,

    Aus. Epigr. 130, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > parco

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