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To soften

  • 1 molliō

        molliō (mollībat for molliēbat, O.), īvī, ītus, īre    [mollis], to make soft, make supple, soften: umor mollitur tepefactus: lanam trahendo, by spinning, O.: artūs oleo, L.: dum ferrum molliat ignis, H.: glaebas, O.: agri molliti.—Fig., to pacify, conciliate, moderate: hominem his verbis sentio mollirier, T.: lacrimae meorum me molliunt, overcome me. —To soften, moderate, mitigate, tame, restrain, check, ease, lighten: Hannibalem patientiā suā: iras, L.: poenam, O.: clivum, make the ascent easier, Cs.: verba usu: fructūs feros colendo, render milder, V.— To soften, render effeminate, make unmanly: legionem: membra, O.
    * * *
    mollire, mollivi, mollitus V
    soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble

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  • 2 mītigō

        mītigō āvī, ātus, āre    [mitis+1 AG-], to soften, make tender, ripen, mellow, tame: fruges: cibum, soften (by cooking): agros, make fruitful: flammis et ferro agrum, clear, H.—Fig., to make gentle, pacify, soothe, calm, assuage, appease, mitigate: istorum animos: te aetas mitigabit: iras, O.: legis acerbitatem: perfidiam meritis, disarm, Cu.: Lampsacenos in istum, appease the anger of.
    * * *
    mitigare, mitigavi, mitigatus V
    soften; lighten, alleviate; soothe; civilize

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  • 3 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.

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  • 4 ē - molliō

        ē - molliō iī, ītus, īre,    to make soft, soften: arcūs, L. — Fig., to soften, make mild, enervate: mores, O.: exercitum, L.: quos nondum pax emollierit, Ta.

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  • 5 flectō

        flectō flēxī, flexus, ere    [FALC-], to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round: equos brevi, Cs.: de foro in Capitolium currūs: habenas, O.: cursūs in orbem, O.: iter ad Privernum, L.: flexa In burim ulmus, V.: artūs, L.: ora retro, O.: geminas acies huc, direct, V.: lumina, avert, V.: salignas cratīs, weave, V.: flex<*> fractique motūs, contorted: flexum mare, a bay, Ta.: (silva) se sinistrorsus, Cs.: (milvus) Flectitur in gyrum, wheels, O.: flector in anguem, wind myself into a snake, O.: Cera multas Flectitur in facies, is moulded, O.— To turn, double, pass around: in flectendis promunturiis: Leucatam.— To turn from, avoid, turn out of: viam, C., L.: iter, V.— To turn, go, divert one's course, march, pass: laevo flectentes limine, V.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, L.: ad Oceanum, L.: ad sapientiam, Ta.—Fig., to bend, turn, direct, sway, change: animum, T.: teneros et rudīs: suam naturam huc et illuc: vocem, modulate: flexus sonus, i. e. melancholy: mentīs suas ad nostrum imperium: aliquem a proposito, divert, L.: animos, quin, etc., L.: animos ad carmina, O.: Quo vobis mentes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. C.: Cereus in vitium flecti, H.: flexo in meridiem die, Ta.: versūs, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, i. e. might be applied, Ta.— To bend, move, persuade, influence, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease: quibus rebus ita flectebar animo, ut, etc.: flectere mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.: Superos, V.: fata deum precando, V.: ingenium alicuius avorsum, S.: si flectitur ira deorum, O.: ad deditionem animos, L.
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    flectere, flexi, flexus V
    bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften

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  • 6 mācerō

        mācerō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 MAC-], to make soft, make tender, soften, soak, steep, macerate: salsamenta, T.— To weaken, waste, enervate: nos fame, L.: macerari ignibus, H.: siti maceratus, Cn.— To fret, vex, torment, distress, torture, pain: quor me macero? T.: vos desiderio, L.: Maceror interdum, quod, etc., am vexed, O.
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    macerare, maceravi, maceratus V
    make wet/soft, soak/steep/bathe; soften; wear down, exhaust; worry, annoy/vex

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  • 7 emollio

    ē-mollĭo, ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to make soft, to soften (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    humor arcus fundasque et jaculorum amenta emollierat,

    Liv. 37, 41; Cels. 8, 4:

    ova macerata,

    Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 167; 18, 7, 17, § 77; 20, 2, 6, § 11 al.—
    B.
    Transf.:

    colores,

    to soften, make more delicate, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 198.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In a good sense, to make mild or gentle, to mollify:

    mores,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 48:

    severa praecepta,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 48.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, to enervate, render effeminate:

    exercitum (Capua),

    Liv. 27, 3; cf. id. 38, 49; Tac. H. 3, 2; id. Agr. 11:

    emollit gentes clementia caeli,

    Luc. 8, 565:

    auctoritatem principis,

    to weaken, Aur. Vict. Epit. 1.

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  • 8 lenio

    lēnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. lenibant, Verg. A. 4, 528:

    lenibat,

    id. ib. 6, 468; fut. lenibunt, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32), v. a. and n. [1. lenis].
    I.
    Act., to make soft or mild, to soften, mollify, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, soothe, calm (syn.: mitigo, placo, sedo, mulceo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    lapsana alvum lenit et mollit,

    Plin. 20, 9, 37, § 96:

    nuces leniunt saporem caeparum,

    id. 23, 8, 77, § 147:

    tumores,

    id. 33, 6, 35, § 110:

    collectiones impetusque,

    id. 22, 25, 58, § 122:

    stomachum latrantem,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 18:

    volnera,

    to assuage, heal, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32:

    clamorem,

    to soften, moderate, Hor. C. 1, 27, 7:

    inopiam frumenti lenire,

    to make amends for, cause to be less felt, Sall. J. 91.—
    B.
    Trop., to render mild, to appease, calm, pacify, etc.:

    senem illum tibi dedo ulteriorem, ut lenitum reddas,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 31:

    illum saepe lenivi iratum,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2:

    temperantia animos placat ac lenit,

    id. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

    te ipsum dies leniet, aetas mitigabit,

    id. Mur. 31, 65:

    epulis multitudinem imperitam,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    desiderium crebris epistolis,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 1:

    se multa consolatione,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

    diem tempusque... leniturum iras,

    Liv. 2, 45:

    seditionem,

    id. 6, 16:

    animum ferocem,

    Sall. J. 11:

    saepius fatigatus lenitur,

    id. ib. 111, 3:

    lenire dolentem Solando,

    Verg. A. 4, 393.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to become soft or mild, to be softened, mitigated:

    dum irae leniunt,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 100; cf. Brix ad loc.

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  • 9 mitigo

    mītĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [mitis-ago], to make mild, soft, or tender, make ripe or mellow; to make tame, to tame (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum aestivā maturitate alia mitigaverit, alia torruerit,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 1, 6 (cited ap. Non. 343, 21):

    mitiget auctumnus, quod maturaverit aestas,

    Aus. Idyll. 8: cibum, to make soft or tender, to soften by boiling or roasting, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—Comically: misero mihi mitigabat sandalio caput, mellowed, broke, Turp. ap. Non. l. l.:

    hic, qui dura sedens porrecto saxa leone Mitigat,

    i. e. makes soft for sitting on by spreading over them a lion's skin, Mart. 9, 44, 2:

    Indus agros, laetificat et mitigat,

    to make fruitful, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

    vina diluendo,

    Plin. 14, 22, 29, § 149:

    silvestres arbores,

    id. 17, 10, 12, § 66:

    amaritudinem frugum,

    to soften, mitigate, id. 18, 16, 40, § 141:

    cervicum duritias,

    id. 20, 22, 92, § 250:

    rabiem suum,

    id. 10, 63, 83, § 182:

    pilos,

    to thin, id. 35, 6, 19, § 37:

    animal,

    to tame, Sen. Ben. 1, 3:

    valetudinem temperantia,

    to mitigate, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 9.—
    II.
    Trop., to make mild or gentle, to pacify, soothe, calm, assuage, appease, mitigate:

    animum alicujus,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    te aetas mitigabit,

    id. Mur. 31, 65:

    iras,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 15:

    querimonias, Col. praef.: tristitiam ac severitatem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.:

    acerbam severitatem condimentis humanitatis,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

    dolores,

    id. Att. 3, 15, 2:

    labores,

    id. de Or. 3, 4, 14:

    aliquem pecuniā,

    Tac. H. 1, 66:

    temporum atrocitatem,

    Suet. Tib. 48:

    acrimonia mitigabitur laude,

    Auct. Her. 4, 37, 50: aures, to soothe with explanatory representations, Quint. 12, 1, 14:

    metus,

    id. 12, 2, 28:

    feritatem animalium,

    Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 167: alicui aliquem, to reconcile:

    Hannibalem Romanis,

    Just. 31, 4, 4; cf.:

    vix revocanti patri mitigatus est,

    id. 9, 7, 6.—Hence, mītĭganter, adv., in a soothing manner; in order to soothe, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 13; 4, 3, 62; id. Acut. 1, 11, 76.

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  • 10 praemollio

    prae-mollĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to soften beforehand (post - Aug.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    praemollitus sulcus,

    Quint. 2, 9, 3; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., to soften or mollify beforehand, Quint. 4, 3, 10:

    judicum mentes,

    id. 6, 5, 9.

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  • 11 condiō

        condiō īvī, ītus, īre    [condus (old), a butler], to make savory, season, spice, concoct: fungos: ius male condītum, H.: pulmentaria, Iu. — To make fragrant: unguenta. — To embalm: mortuos.— Fig., to cultivate, ornament, season, spice, soften, temper: orationem: vitia, to set off: tristitiam, to mitigate: gravitatem comitate: ista condīta iucundius, more amiable.
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    condire, condivi, conditus V TRANS
    preserve/pickle; embalm/mummify; spice; season/flavor/render pleasant/give zest

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  • 12 dē-lēniō

        dē-lēniō īvī, ītus, īre,    to soothe, soften, charm, captivate, entice, cajole, fascinate: se donis: milites blande appellando: Midan carmine, O.: instrumento voluptatum militum animos, L.: dolentem, H.: dolorem remediis, Ph.

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  • 13 depsō

        depsō —, —, ere,     to knead.
    * * *
    depsere, depsui, depstus V TRANS
    knead; work up into a paste; soften/dress (leather) by rubbing/squeezing; dishonor; have improper sex; (rude)

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  • 14 frangō

        frangō frēgi, frāctus, ere    [FRAG-], to break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, shatter, fracture: ova: anulus fractus est: navibus fractis, Cs.: navem, suffer shipwreck, T.: Ianua frangatur, H.: corpora Ad saxum, V.: laqueo gulam, strangle, S.: bracchium: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: in arbore cornu, O.: te, tigris ut aspera, tear in pieces, H.: diem mero, shorten, H.— To break up, grind, bruise, crush: glaebam Bidentibus, V.: fruges saxo, V. — To break (of waves): tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi: arcus aquarum Frangitur, O.—Fig., to break down, subdue, overcome, crush, dishearten, weaken, diminish, violate, soften: alqm, ut, etc.: Danaūm fractae vires, V.: quem series inmensa laborum Fregerit, O.: proeliis fracti, Cs.: te ut ulla res frangat?: pudore: alqm patientiā: omnis res mea fracta est, my fortune was lost, H.: res fractae, calamities, V.: Frangimur fatis, V.: frangi aspectu pignorum suorum, Ta.: bellum proeliis: praedonis audaciam: consilium alicuius: doli frangentur inanes, come to naught, V.: foedus: mandata, fail in, H.: dum se calor frangat, subsides.
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    frangere, fregi, fractus V
    break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage

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  • 15 lēniō

        lēniō (imperf. lēnībat, lēnībant, V.; fut. lenibunt, Pr.), īvī, ītus, īre    [lenis], to soften, mollify, moderate, assuage, soothe, calm: fluvium tumentem, V.: Latrantem stomachum, H.: inopiam frumenti, S.—Fig., to render mild, appease, alleviate, mitigate, calm, pacify: mihi miseriam, T.: illum iratum: te ipsum dies leniet: tigrīs, tame, H.: umbras, O.: seditionem, L.: saepius fatigatus lenitur, S.: dolentem Solando, V.
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    lenire, lenivi, lenitus V TRANS
    mitigate, moderate; alleviate, allay, assuage, ease, calm, placate, appease; mollify; explain away, gloss over; beguile, pass pleasently; abate

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  • 16 lentēscō

        lentēscō —, —, ere, inch.    [lentus], to become viscous, grow sticky, soften: picis in morem ad digitos, adhere, V.: in picem resinamve, Ta.—Fig., to slacken, relax: lentescunt tempore curae, O.
    * * *
    lentescere, -, - V
    become sticky; relax

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  • 17 mānsuēfaciō

        mānsuēfaciō fēcī, factus, ere; pass. mānsuēfīō, factus, fierī    [mansuetus+facio], to make tame, tame: (uri) mansuefieri possunt, grow tame, Cs.— Fig., to make gentle, soften, civilize, pacify: a quibus (nos) mansuefacti: plebem, L.
    * * *
    mansuefacere, mansuefeci, mansuefactus V
    tame; civilize; make peaceful/quiet

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  • 18 mollēscō

        mollēscō —, —, ēre, inch.    [mollis], to become soft, soften: ebur, O., Ct.—Fig., to become mild, grow gentle: pectora, O.— To become effeminate, grow unmanly: in undis, O.
    * * *
    mollescere, -, - V
    become soft; become gentle or effeminate

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  • 19 mulceō

        mulceō sī, sus, ēre    [MARG-], to stroke, graze, touch lightly, fondle: manu barbam, O.: mulcebant Zephyri flores, rustle through, O.: aristas, O.: alternos (pueros), V.: aethera pinnis, to move.— Fig., to soothe, soften, caress, flatter, delight: tigrīs, V.: Dareta dictis, V.: canor mulcendas natus ad aurīs, O.: puellas Carmine, H.— To relieve, alleviate: vanā volnera ope, O.
    * * *
    mulcere, mulsi, mulsus V
    stroke, touch lightly, fondle, soothe, appease, charm, flatter, delight

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  • 20 putrefaciō

        putrefaciō fēcī, factus, ere    [puter+facio], to make rotten, cause to putrefy, rot: (templum) imbribus putrefaciendum, L.: putrefacta est spina, O.— To make friable, soften: saxa infuso aceto, L.
    * * *
    putrefacere, putrefeci, putrefactus V TRANS
    cause to rot/decay, putrefy; cause to crumble/disintegrate

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