ossa cubent O

1) мягко, гибко, плавно ( membra movere H); легко (ire Prp; incedĕre O)

2) эластично, изящно ( excudĕre aera V)

3) отлого (collis m. devexus Col)

4) мирно, спокойно ( ossa cubent O); кротко, снисходительно (aliquid facere, ferre C)

5) малодушно, слабо ( ferre dolorem Sen)

6) изнеженно, в неге, среди роскоши (vivere C, Sl)

cubo, buī, bitum, āre, auf ein Lager gelehnt-, gelagert sein, ruhend liegen, auf einem Lager ruhen, a) übh.: α) v. Menschen: cubans legere quaedam solebat, Suet.: ut etiam legationes audiret cubans, Suet. – supinum (auf dem Rücken), caelum intuentem, stupidum cubuisse, Suet.: c. molliter, Cels. (vgl. senis Anchisae molliter ossa cubent! Ov.): c. in latus dextrum aut sinistrum cruribus paulum reductis, Cels.: c. in ventrem, Cels. – c. in pallio et humi, Capit.: c. in lectica, Cic.: in lecto, Plaut., Cornif. rhet. u.a.: od. bl. lecticā, Suet.: argenteis lectis, Curt. – β) v. Tieren, admonitus (canis) ostiarii calce, ut cubaret (sich zu kuschen), Petron. 64, 7. – pisces cubantes, gewöhnlich in der Tiefe der Gewässer ruhig liegende »Plattfische, Halbfische«, Col. 8, 17, 9. – γ) poet. übtr. v. Örtl., quā cubat unda freti, Mart. 5, 1, 4. – bes. v. Örtl., der Lage nach sanft sich senken, sich lehnen, cubantia tecta, Lucr. 4, 515: Ustica cubans, Hor carm. 1, 17, 11. – b) zu Tische liegen, dah. prägn. = speisen, Tafel halten, cubantem cenare, Iustin. – qui proximi ei cubuerant, Curt.: iuxta c., Suet.: c. supra, infra alqm, Val. Max. u. Curt.: c. in arbore, sub arbore, Plin.: quod meminisset, quo eorum loco quisque cubuisset, Cic. – Partiz. subst., cubantēs = die Speisenden, Plin. ep. 5, 6, 36. – c) zu Bette liegen, α) schlafen, hic fuit, hic cubuit, Ov.: cubantem puerum deton-

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derunt, Plin. ep. – cubitum ire, Cato u. Cic., abire, Plaut., discedere, Cic. (vgl. villicus primus cubitu surgat, postremus cubitum eat, Cato): cubitum se eo conferre, Suet. – propter (dicht daneben) c., Cic.: humi sub divo, Suet.: in eo conclavi, Cic.: toro humili et instrato, Suet.: altero lecto, Val. Max. – c. aestate apertis cubiculi foribus, Suet. – dah. v. Beischlaf, cum alqa od. cum alqo, Komik. u. Catull., od. absol., zB. cubat complexus, Plaut. – β) krank zu Bette liegen, krank daniederliegen, krank liegen, auch bl. liegen (s. die Auslgg. zu Hor. sat. 1, 1, 78), haec cubat, illa valet, Ov.: cubantem disputare de alqa re, Cic.: cubans aeger, Cels. – in domo Maecenatis, Suet.: trans Tiberim prope Caesaris hortos, Hor. – plebeia in veste, Lucr. – in morbo, Plaut.: ex (infolge) duritie alvi, Suet.: puerperio, Plaut. – Partiz. subst., cubāns = der krank Liegende, der Kranke, Cels. 3, 4. p. 79, 2 D. u. ö. – ⇒ Pers. cubavit, Vulg. 2. regg. 13, 14; Isai. 34, 14; Ezech. 19, 2: cubaverint, Cael. Aur. chron. 3, 8, 148: synkop., cubaris = cubaveris, Prop. 2, 15, 17: cubasse = cubavisse, Quint. 8, 2, 20.

dē-fungor, fūnctus sum, fungī, mit etw. (einer Verrichtung oder Verpflichtung, bes. einer lästigen, unangenehmen) völlig fertig werden, weg-, davon- od. durchkommen, nichts mehr zu schaffen haben, von etwas loskommen, einer Sache sich entheben, etwas loswerden, einer Sache sich entledigen, ledig-, quitt werden, etwas durchmachen, etw. überstehen (vgl. Gronov u. Ruhnken Ter. eun. prol. 15. Korte Cic. ep. 8, 1, 10), a) übh.: α) m. Abl. mater.: bello Punico, Liv.: suo bello, mit ihrem Kr. = ihrerseits mit dem Kr. f. w., Liv.: defunctum bello barbiton, der Liebeshändel ledig, Hor.: defungi quam primum certamine cupere, Liv.: haudquaquam pari defungendum esse certamine, Liv.: def. omni populari concitatione (demagogische Umtriebe), Cic.: curā, Liv.: defunctus honoribus, der alle Ehrenstellen durchlaufen hat, Cic.: def. regis imperio, Liv.: defunctus laboribus, Hor. u. Ov.: defunctum esse fatalibus malis, Suet.: defunctā civitate plurimorum morbis, perpaucis funeribus, Liv.: defuncta morbis corpora, Liv.: iam defunctum esse periculis, Cic.: o tandem magnis pelagi defuncte periclis, Verg.: defungi proelio festinare, Liv.: def. responso (oraculi), erfüllen, Iustin.: ebenso somnio, Iustin.: permenso defunctus tempore lucis, Tibull.: u. so nisi quae terris semota suisque temporibus defuncta videt, was der Erde entrückt ist und

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seine Zeit erfüllt hat, Hor. – β) m. Abl. instr.: nequaquam pari defunctum esse caede, Liv.: vicisse Romanos defunctos consulis fato, indem sie quitt seien durch des Konsuls Tod (= alles überstanden, nichts mehr zu fürchten hätten von den Göttern, die durch des Konsuls Tod gesühnt wären), Liv.: def. hoc mendacio, Cael. in Cic. ep.: turpius putare parvo defungi (mit wenigem sich zu begnügen) quam totum abnuere, Iustin.: def. levi poenā, unius poenā, Liv., unā poenā, Sen. rhet.: parco victu, sich begnügen mit usw., Curt. – zugl. m. pro u. Abl., def. tribus decumis pro una, Cic.: pro tuis beneficiis tam vili munere defungor orationis (finde ich mich ab mit usw.), Planc. in Cic. ep. – zugl. m. adversus u. Akk., quare et medico et praeceptori quiddam debeo nec adversus illos mercede defungor, ihnen gegenüber mit dem bloßen Lohne loskomme, Sen. de ben. 6, 16, 1. – γ) m. in u. Abl., cupio misera in hac re iam defungier, Ter. Phorm. 1021. – δ) im Zshg. absol.: defunctus iam sum, nihil est quod dicat mihi, Ter.: me quoque, qui toties merui sub amore puellae, defunctum placide vivere tempus erat, Ov.: eos existimare defunctos se esse satisque poenarum dedisse, hätten die Sache abgetan, seien quitt, Liv.: defunctos vulgo ferebant, quod inter fatalia vates cecinissent, man sei darüber hinaus, was usw., Liv.: ubi (carinae) defunctae (nachdem sie es [= die Gefahren] überstanden)

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finem portusque tenebunt Ausonios olim, Verg. – unpers., utinam hic sit modo defunctum! Ter. adelph. 507 sq. – b) vom Überstehen des (mühevollen) Erdenlebens u. des Todes, α) m. Abl. mat.: vitā def., Sen., Curt. u. Gell. (vgl. defuncta corpora vitā magnanimûm heroum, Verg.): non suā morte def., keines natürlichen Todes sterben, Suet.: ante oculos regis egregiā morte def., Curt.: ne simplici quidem morte def., nicht einmal eines einfachen Todes sterben, Curt.: honestā morte def., ehrenvoll sterben, Curt.: id ego defunctum terrā (der E. enthoben) caelestibus oris accipiam, Ov. – β) absol. = es überstanden haben = hingeschieden, gestorben sein, defuncta (est) virgo Vestalis Laelia, Tac.: dicitur prius esse defunctus, Quint.: defuncto Augusto, Tac.: ibi defunctum esse, Flor.: defuncti proelio duces, Flor.: illo mense (in jenem M.) defunctum esse, Suet.: cito ac nullo cruciatu defunctum esse, Suet.: defunctum esse languore (an Entkräftung), Ps. Quint. decl. – oft Partiz. dēfūnctus, a, um, hingeschieden, tot (Ggstz. vivus), patrem defunctum pro rostris laudare, Suet.: defunctae matri honores maximos tribuere (Ggstz. praecipua officia vivae praestare), Suet.: saepe mihi dices vivae bene, saepe rogabis, ut mea defunctae molliter ossa cubent, Ov.: peractis quae mos erat praestare defunctis, Sen.: si nullus defunctis sensus superest, Sen.: revocare defunctos, Plin.: def. corpus,

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Leichnam, Leiche, Curt.: u. so def. corpora, Plin. – subst., dēfūnctus, ī, m., der Hingeschiedene, Tote, defuncti filius, Quint.: defuncti calvaria, Scrib.: defunctos excitare, Quint. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. defungier, Ter. Phorm. 1021.

molliter, Adv. (mollis), beweglich = geschmeidig, gelenk, weich, I) eig. u. übtr.: A) an sich geschmeidig, elastisch, 1) eig., v. Tanz, quis membra movere mollius (possit), Hor. – v. Gang, schwebend, m. ire, Prop.: m. incedere, Ov. – 2) übtr.: a) nicht steif, in weichen-, zarten Formen, excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Verg. Aen. 6, 848. – b) sanft = allmählich, colles ad orientem molliter devexi, Colum.: curvum m. litus, Min. Fel.: agri mollissime devexi ac simillimi campestri positioni, Colum. – B) äußeren Eindrücken nachgebend, elastisch, weich, und übtr. nicht hart, sanft, aves mollissime nidos substernunt, Cic.: m. ossa cubent, Ov.: m. siste me nunc; cave ne cadam, Plaut.: m. pedem referre, sanft, leise, Quint. – II) bildl.: 1) im allg., nachgiebig, ergeben, gelassen, quod ferendum est molliter sapienti, Cic.: mollius loqui (Ggstz. sine more furere), Verg.: mollius (nachgiebiger) eadem illa abnuere, sich weniger abgeneigt zeigen gegen usw., Liv. – im üblen Sinne = ohne Energie, nicht männlich genug, schwach, nimis m. aegritudinem pati, Sall.: alqd m. ferre, Cic. u. Sen.: mollius (ohne Energie) consulere, Liv. 3, 59, 5 u. 30, 7, 3. – 2) insbes.: a) verwöhnt, weichlich, bequem, verzärtelt, wollüstig, male mihi malo esse quam m., Sen.: m. et delicate recubare, Cic.: m. vivere, Sen., u. delicate et m. vivere, Cic.: populum per tot annos

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molliter habitum (weichlich, verwöhnt) nondum audebat ad duriora vertere, Tac.: m. se curare, Ter. – b) glimpflich, schonend, gelinde, mild, feci parce et m., Cic.: alqd mollius interpretari od. accipere (auslegen), Tac.: erant qui mollius consultum dicerent, zu mattherzig, Liv.: cruentius ea quae mollius fuerant curanda compescuit, Vopisc. Aurel. 21, 5.

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mĕus, a, um (voc. meus for mi:

proice tela manu, sanguis meus,

Verg. A. 6, 835:

Lolli meus,

Sid. Ep. 1, 9; and:

domine meus,

id. ib. 4, 10; gen. plur meūm for meorum:

pietas majorum meūm,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 66:

meapte,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 8:

meopte,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 77:

meāmet,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; Sall. J. 85, 24; archaic form MIVS: MIEIS MORIBVS, Monum. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 554; and mis = meis: ingens cura'st mis concordibus aequiperare, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 955 P.; cf. Vahl. Enn. Ann. v. 131, p. 21), pron. possess. [me], my, mine, belonging to me, my own:

haec ero dicam meo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 304:

carnifex,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 27:

discriptio,

made by me, Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

crimen,

against me, what I am blamed for, App. Mag. 10 init. p. 279:

non mea est simulatio,

is not my way, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 34:

tempestate meā,

in my day, Juv. 4, 140: meus sum, I am myself, in my right senses:

pavidum gelidumque trementi Corpore, vixque meum firmat deus,

Ov. M. 3, 689:

quod quidem ego facerem, nisi plane esse vellem meus,

quite independent, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17:

vindicta postquam meus a praetore recessi,

my own master, free, Pers. 5, 88: meus est, he is mine, I have him, have caught him, he is in my power:

meus hic est: hamum vorat,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 61:

meus illic homost,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 63; id. Ps. 1, 3, 147; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 70:

hic homo meus est,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 21:

vicimus: en! meus est, exclamat Nāis,

Ov. M. 4, 356: meus, my, my own, my dear, my beloved:

Nero meus mirificas apud me tibi gratias agit,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

civis,

my fellow-citizen, Juv. 12, 121.—With apposite gen.:

cui nomen meum absentis honori fuisset,

Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

quod meum factum dictumve consulis gravius quam tribuni audistis?

Liv. 7, 40, 9. ut mea defunctae molliter ossa cubent, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 108.— Absol.: mĕi, ōrum, m., my friends or relatives, my adherents, my followers:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

flamma extrema meorum,

Verg. A. 2, 431: meus homo, or simply meus, i. e. this silly fellow of mine:

homo meus se in pulpito Totum prosternit,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 32: at legatus meus ad emendum modo proficiscitur, Auct. Decl. Quint. 12, 18:

stupor,

this blockhead of mine, Cat. 17, 21: mea and mea tu, my love, my darling:

mea Pythias,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 14:

mea tu,

id. Ad. 3, 1, 2:

o mea,

Ov. M. 14, 761.— Voc.: mi, my dear! my beloved! o mi Aeschine, o mi germane! Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 4.—With the fem.:

mi soror,

App. M. 5, p. 166, 3; 4, p. 155, 6;

8, p. 205, 2: mi domina,

Hier. Ep. 22, 1:

mi catella,

id. ib. 2:

mi virgo,

id. ib. 17.—In plur.:

mi homines, mi spectatores,

dear people, good spectators, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8.— Neutr. absol.: mĕum, i, n., mine: quod subrupuisti meum, my property, i. e. my daughter, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 29; cf.

meam,

id. ib. v. 14; 26: meum est, it is my affair, my concern, my duty, my custom:

non est mentiri meum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:

puto esse meum, quid sentiam, exponere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5.—

Plur.:

fundite quae mea sunt, cuncta,

Juv. 12, 37.

mĕus, a, um (voc. meus for mi:

proice tela manu, sanguis meus,

Verg. A. 6, 835:

Lolli meus,

Sid. Ep. 1, 9; and:

domine meus,

id. ib. 4, 10; gen. plur meūm for meorum:

pietas majorum meūm,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 66:

meapte,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 8:

meopte,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 77:

meāmet,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; Sall. J. 85, 24; archaic form MIVS: MIEIS MORIBVS, Monum. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 554; and mis = meis: ingens cura'st mis concordibus aequiperare, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 955 P.; cf. Vahl. Enn. Ann. v. 131, p. 21), pron. possess. [me], my, mine, belonging to me, my own:

haec ero dicam meo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 304:

carnifex,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 27:

discriptio,

made by me, Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

crimen,

against me, what I am blamed for, App. Mag. 10 init. p. 279:

non mea est simulatio,

is not my way, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 34:

tempestate meā,

in my day, Juv. 4, 140: meus sum, I am myself, in my right senses:

pavidum gelidumque trementi Corpore, vixque meum firmat deus,

Ov. M. 3, 689:

quod quidem ego facerem, nisi plane esse vellem meus,

quite independent, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17:

vindicta postquam meus a praetore recessi,

my own master, free, Pers. 5, 88: meus est, he is mine, I have him, have caught him, he is in my power:

meus hic est: hamum vorat,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 61:

meus illic homost,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 63; id. Ps. 1, 3, 147; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 70:

hic homo meus est,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 21:

vicimus: en! meus est, exclamat Nāis,

Ov. M. 4, 356: meus, my, my own, my dear, my beloved:

Nero meus mirificas apud me tibi gratias agit,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

civis,

my fellow-citizen, Juv. 12, 121.—With apposite gen.:

cui nomen meum absentis honori fuisset,

Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

quod meum factum dictumve consulis gravius quam tribuni audistis?

Liv. 7, 40, 9. ut mea defunctae molliter ossa cubent, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 108.— Absol.: mĕi, ōrum, m., my friends or relatives, my adherents, my followers:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

flamma extrema meorum,

Verg. A. 2, 431: meus homo, or simply meus, i. e. this silly fellow of mine:

homo meus se in pulpito Totum prosternit,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 32: at legatus meus ad emendum modo proficiscitur, Auct. Decl. Quint. 12, 18:

stupor,

this blockhead of mine, Cat. 17, 21: mea and mea tu, my love, my darling:

mea Pythias,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 14:

mea tu,

id. Ad. 3, 1, 2:

o mea,

Ov. M. 14, 761.— Voc.: mi, my dear! my beloved! o mi Aeschine, o mi germane! Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 4.—With the fem.:

mi soror,

App. M. 5, p. 166, 3; 4, p. 155, 6;

8, p. 205, 2: mi domina,

Hier. Ep. 22, 1:

mi catella,

id. ib. 2:

mi virgo,

id. ib. 17.—In plur.:

mi homines, mi spectatores,

dear people, good spectators, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8.— Neutr. absol.: mĕum, i, n., mine: quod subrupuisti meum, my property, i. e. my daughter, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 29; cf.

meam,

id. ib. v. 14; 26: meum est, it is my affair, my concern, my duty, my custom:

non est mentiri meum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:

puto esse meum, quid sentiam, exponere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5.—

Plur.:

fundite quae mea sunt, cuncta,

Juv. 12, 37.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.