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  • 1 mollitūdō

        mollitūdō inis, f    [mollis], suppleness, flexibility, softness: adsimilis spongiis.—Fig., softness, weakness: humanitatis.
    * * *
    softness, yielding quality; flexibility (voice); mildness/leniency; weakness

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  • 2 mollitudo

    mollĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [id.], suppleness, flexibility, softness (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollitudo vocis,

    flexibility of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20: manuum, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13:

    assimilis spongiis mollitudo,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

    viarum,

    Vitr. 10, 6 init.; 10, 2, 11.—
    II.
    Trop., softness, susceptibility, weakness:

    humanitatis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161:

    corrumpi mollitudine vitiorum,

    Arn. 2, 64.

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  • 3 mollitia or mollitiēs

        mollitia or mollitiēs ae, acc. am or em, f    [mollis], pliability, flexibility, softness: teneritas ac mollitia quaedam.—Fig., softness, tenderness, weakness, irresolution, effeminacy, voluptuousness, wantonness: animi, T.: viri, S.: naturae, sensitive disposition: animi est ista mollitia, non virtus, weakness, Cs.: civitatum mores lapsi ad mollitias: per mollitiam agere, i. e. indulge oneself, S.: corporis, unchastity, Ta.

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  • 4 flexibilitas

    flexibility, pliability

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  • 5 lentor

    pliancy, flexibility; toughness; viscosity

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  • 6 debilis

    dēbĭlis (old shortened form debil, v. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 331), e, adj. [de-habilis; cf. Dig. 49, 16, 4, § 12: lit. unmanageable, wanting in flexibility or activity; hence], lame, disabled, crippled, infirm, debilitated, feeble, frail, weak, etc. For syn. cf.: imbecillus, infirmus, invalidus (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    a.
    Of personal subjects:

    debiles fieri,

    Cato R. R. 157, 10:

    si gladium imbecillo seni aut debili dederis,

    Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Phil. 8, 10, 31; Phaedr. 4, 2, 10:

    confectus senectute, mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21; cf.: debilis manu, pede, coxa, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11; ille humero, hic lumbis, hic coxa debilis, * Juv. 10, 227:

    plurimis stipendiis debilis miles,

    Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

    integris debiles implicabantur,

    Curt. 4, 16, 11:

    amissis remis atque ordine debilis uno Sergestus,

    Verg. A. 5, 271:

    claudi ac debiles equi,

    Liv. 21, 40.—
    b.
    Of inanimate subjects: membra metu, * Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 3; Sen. Contr. 5, 33; cf.

    debile fit corpus,

    Lucr. 4, 952; 5, 830:

    manus,

    Ov. M. 12, 106: crus, * Suet. Vesp. 7:

    ferrum,

    Verg. A. 12, 50:

    pennae,

    Ov. R. Am. 198:

    jugum,

    id. Pont. 3, 1, 68:

    umbra,

    id. Tr. 3, 4, 20.— Poet.:

    iter,

    i.e. of a wounded man, Stat. Th. 12, 144.
    II.
    Trop., disabled, weak, in mind, character, authority, etc.
    a.
    Of personal subjects:

    eos qui restitissent infirmos sine illo (sc. Catilina) ac debiles fore putabam,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 2:

    qui hac parte animi (sc. memoria) tam debilis esset, ut, etc.,

    id. Brut. 61, 219:

    ingenio debilior,

    Tac. H. 4, 62; cf.: sine animo anima est debilis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 48 (v. 296 Ribbeck).—
    b.
    Of inanimate subjects:

    duo corpora esse reipublicae, unum debile, infirmo capite: alterum firmum sine capite,

    Cic. Mur. 25, 51:

    manca ac debilis praetura,

    id. Mil. 9, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

    manus, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 85: inscitia, * Pers. 5, 99.— Comp. v. supra.— Sup. appears not to occur.—
    * Adv., dēbĭlĭter, infirmly, lamely, feebly: lacrimis lingua debiliter stupet, Pac. ap. Non. 98, 18 (v. 355 Ribbeck).

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  • 7 flexibilitas

    flexĭbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [flexibilis], flexibility (late Lat.):

    cornuum,

    Sol. 52 med.

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  • 8 lentitia

    lentĭtĭa, ae ( lentĭtĭes, ēi, Auct. Aetn. 540), f. [lentus], pliancy, flexibility, toughness, viscosity, stickiness:

    virgas sequacis ad vincturas lentitiae,

    Plin. 16, 37, 68, § 174; 16, 40, 77, § 210:

    lactucae lentitiam pituitae digerunt,

    id. 20, 7, 26, § 64; cf. lentor.

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  • 9 lentities

    lentĭtĭa, ae ( lentĭtĭes, ēi, Auct. Aetn. 540), f. [lentus], pliancy, flexibility, toughness, viscosity, stickiness:

    virgas sequacis ad vincturas lentitiae,

    Plin. 16, 37, 68, § 174; 16, 40, 77, § 210:

    lactucae lentitiam pituitae digerunt,

    id. 20, 7, 26, § 64; cf. lentor.

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  • 10 lentor

    lentor, ōris, m. [lentus], pliancy, flexibility; toughness, stickiness, viscosity (Plinian; cf.

    lentitia): ad rotarum axes lentore fraxinus utilis,

    Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

    lentor resinosus,

    id. 13, 6, 12, § 54:

    picis,

    id. 16, 11, 22, §

    53: usque ad lentorem aliquid subigere,

    id. 17, 14, 24, § 111.

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  • 11 mollitia

    mollĭtĭa ( mollĭcĭa), ae, f., and mol-lĭtĭes ( mollĭcĭes), ēi, f. [mollis], movableness, pliability, flexibility, suppleness; softness (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollitia cervicum,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59:

    lapidis,

    Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 162:

    lanae,

    id. 19, 3, 18, § 48:

    carnis,

    id. 9, 17, 28, § 61:

    teneritas et mollitia quaedam,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.—
    II.
    Trop., softness, tenderness, susceptibility; weakness, irresolution; effeminacy, voluptuousness, wantonness (cf.:

    inertia, desidia): quā mollitiā sum animi ac lenitate, numquam mehercule illius lacrimis ac precibus restitissem,

    Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

    agilitas mollitiesque naturae,

    sensitive disposition, id. Att. 1, 17, 4:

    frontis,

    bashfulness, Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6:

    animi est ista mollities, non virtus, inopiam paulisper ferre non posse,

    weakness, irresolution, Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    Niciae,

    Cic. Att. 12, 26, 2:

    inertiā et mollitiā animi,

    Sall. C. 52, 28:

    mollitia socordiaque,

    id. J. 70, 5:

    in munditiis, mollitiis deliciisque aetatulam agere,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 40:

    civitatum mores lapsi ad mollitiam,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38:

    mollities luxuriaque,

    Just. 1, 7, 13: vocis, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 441:

    Maecenas otio ac mollitiis paene ultra feminam fluens,

    Vell. 2, 88, 2; id. 1, 6, 2.—Esp., unchastity, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106:

    corporis,

    Tac. A. 11, 2.

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  • 12 mollities

    mollĭtĭa ( mollĭcĭa), ae, f., and mol-lĭtĭes ( mollĭcĭes), ēi, f. [mollis], movableness, pliability, flexibility, suppleness; softness (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollitia cervicum,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59:

    lapidis,

    Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 162:

    lanae,

    id. 19, 3, 18, § 48:

    carnis,

    id. 9, 17, 28, § 61:

    teneritas et mollitia quaedam,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.—
    II.
    Trop., softness, tenderness, susceptibility; weakness, irresolution; effeminacy, voluptuousness, wantonness (cf.:

    inertia, desidia): quā mollitiā sum animi ac lenitate, numquam mehercule illius lacrimis ac precibus restitissem,

    Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

    agilitas mollitiesque naturae,

    sensitive disposition, id. Att. 1, 17, 4:

    frontis,

    bashfulness, Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6:

    animi est ista mollities, non virtus, inopiam paulisper ferre non posse,

    weakness, irresolution, Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    Niciae,

    Cic. Att. 12, 26, 2:

    inertiā et mollitiā animi,

    Sall. C. 52, 28:

    mollitia socordiaque,

    id. J. 70, 5:

    in munditiis, mollitiis deliciisque aetatulam agere,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 40:

    civitatum mores lapsi ad mollitiam,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38:

    mollities luxuriaque,

    Just. 1, 7, 13: vocis, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 441:

    Maecenas otio ac mollitiis paene ultra feminam fluens,

    Vell. 2, 88, 2; id. 1, 6, 2.—Esp., unchastity, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106:

    corporis,

    Tac. A. 11, 2.

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