philosophus

impĕrĭōsus (less correctly inp-), a, um, adj. [imperium], possessed of command, far-ruling, mighty, powerful, puissant (class.).

In gen.: urbes magnae atque imperiosae, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 2:

populi,

Cic. Or. 34, 120: imperiosissima civitas, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 19 (cf. Verg. A. 1, 284):

dictatura,

Liv. 7, 40, 9; cf.

virga,

i. e. the fasces, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 32:

quisnam igitur liber? sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus,

who has dominion over himself, Hor. S. 2, 7, 83; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 62:

imperiosissimae humanae mentis artes (religio, astrologia, medicina),

id. 30, 1, 1, § 1:

risus habet vim nescio an imperiosissimam,

Quint. 6, 3, 8. —

In partic.

In a bad sense, imperious, domineering, tyrannical:

cupiditas honoris quam dura est domina, quam imperiosa,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

nimis imperiosus philosophus,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

paedagogi,

Quint. 1, 1, 8:

imperiosus atque impotens,

Sen. Ben. 3, 28 fin.:

imperiosi nobis ipsis et molesti sumus,

id. Q. N. 4 praef.:

Proserpina,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 110:

quojus cibo iste factust imperiosior,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

imperiosius aequor,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 8:

familia imperiosissima et superbissima,

Liv. 9, 34, 15.—Hence,

Impĕrĭōsus, i, m., a surname of the dictator L. Manlius Torquatus and his son, the consul T. Manlius Torquatus, on account of their severity, Liv. 7, 3, 4; 7, 4, 7; Sen. Ben. 3, 37; Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60; Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 8; Liv. 4, 29, 6; cf. Manlius.—Hence, adv.: impĕrĭōsē, imperiously, tyrannically (ante- and postclass.):

non severe, non imperiose praecepit,

Gell. 2, 29, 1; Charis. 202, 11: paene imperiosius quam humanius, Varr. ap. Non. 287, 20.

impĕrĭōsus (less correctly inp-), a, um, adj. [imperium], possessed of command, far-ruling, mighty, powerful, puissant (class.).

In gen.: urbes magnae atque imperiosae, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 2:

populi,

Cic. Or. 34, 120: imperiosissima civitas, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 19 (cf. Verg. A. 1, 284):

dictatura,

Liv. 7, 40, 9; cf.

virga,

i. e. the fasces, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 32:

quisnam igitur liber? sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus,

who has dominion over himself, Hor. S. 2, 7, 83; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 62:

imperiosissimae humanae mentis artes (religio, astrologia, medicina),

id. 30, 1, 1, § 1:

risus habet vim nescio an imperiosissimam,

Quint. 6, 3, 8. —

In partic.

In a bad sense, imperious, domineering, tyrannical:

cupiditas honoris quam dura est domina, quam imperiosa,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

nimis imperiosus philosophus,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

paedagogi,

Quint. 1, 1, 8:

imperiosus atque impotens,

Sen. Ben. 3, 28 fin.:

imperiosi nobis ipsis et molesti sumus,

id. Q. N. 4 praef.:

Proserpina,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 110:

quojus cibo iste factust imperiosior,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

imperiosius aequor,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 8:

familia imperiosissima et superbissima,

Liv. 9, 34, 15.—Hence,

Impĕrĭōsus, i, m., a surname of the dictator L. Manlius Torquatus and his son, the consul T. Manlius Torquatus, on account of their severity, Liv. 7, 3, 4; 7, 4, 7; Sen. Ben. 3, 37; Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60; Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 8; Liv. 4, 29, 6; cf. Manlius.—Hence, adv.: impĕrĭōsē, imperiously, tyrannically (ante- and postclass.):

non severe, non imperiose praecepit,

Gell. 2, 29, 1; Charis. 202, 11: paene imperiosius quam humanius, Varr. ap. Non. 287, 20.

impĕrĭōsus (less correctly inp-), a, um, adj. [imperium], possessed of command, far-ruling, mighty, powerful, puissant (class.).

In gen.: urbes magnae atque imperiosae, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 2:

populi,

Cic. Or. 34, 120: imperiosissima civitas, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 19 (cf. Verg. A. 1, 284):

dictatura,

Liv. 7, 40, 9; cf.

virga,

i. e. the fasces, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 32:

quisnam igitur liber? sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus,

who has dominion over himself, Hor. S. 2, 7, 83; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 62:

imperiosissimae humanae mentis artes (religio, astrologia, medicina),

id. 30, 1, 1, § 1:

risus habet vim nescio an imperiosissimam,

Quint. 6, 3, 8. —

In partic.

In a bad sense, imperious, domineering, tyrannical:

cupiditas honoris quam dura est domina, quam imperiosa,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

nimis imperiosus philosophus,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

paedagogi,

Quint. 1, 1, 8:

imperiosus atque impotens,

Sen. Ben. 3, 28 fin.:

imperiosi nobis ipsis et molesti sumus,

id. Q. N. 4 praef.:

Proserpina,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 110:

quojus cibo iste factust imperiosior,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

imperiosius aequor,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 8:

familia imperiosissima et superbissima,

Liv. 9, 34, 15.—Hence,

Impĕrĭōsus, i, m., a surname of the dictator L. Manlius Torquatus and his son, the consul T. Manlius Torquatus, on account of their severity, Liv. 7, 3, 4; 7, 4, 7; Sen. Ben. 3, 37; Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60; Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 8; Liv. 4, 29, 6; cf. Manlius.—Hence, adv.: impĕrĭōsē, imperiously, tyrannically (ante- and postclass.):

non severe, non imperiose praecepit,

Gell. 2, 29, 1; Charis. 202, 11: paene imperiosius quam humanius, Varr. ap. Non. 287, 20.

in-sincērus, a, um, adj., not genuine, not pure, adulterated, spoiled; not honest or candid, insincere ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

cruor,

Verg. G. 4, 285:

acies,

imperfect, Prud. Ham. 4.—

Trop.:

philosophus,

Gell. 5, 3, 7: oblatio, Ambros. de Cain et Abel, 2, 6, § 18; id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 11, § 20.

languĭdus, a, um, adj. [langueo], faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid (class.; cf.: lassus, fessus, fatigatus, defessus).

Lit.

In gen.:

homines vino languidi,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

vino vigiliisque languidus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31:

pecus,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 39:

boves Collo trahentes languido,

Hor. Epod. 2, 64.— Transf., of things:

(oculi) languidi et torpentes,

dull, Quint. 11, 3, 76; cf.:

vultus non languidus,

id. 11, 3, 159:

flumen,

sluggish, Hor. C. 2, 14, 17; so,

aqua,

Liv. 1, 4:

ventus,

gentle, mild; Ov. P. 2, 1, 2; cf.

carbasa,

hanging loose, not swelled out, Luc. 5, 421:

color,

pale, Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 43:

ignis,

id. 34, 8, 17, § 79:

ictus venarum,

id. 11, 37, 88, § 219:

arbor piri,

Pall. Febr. 25, 4; id. Novem. 7, 14.— Comp.:

languidioribus nostris vallum scindere (hostes),

Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

folia languidiora,

Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50:

vina,

i. e. more mellow, Hor. C. 3, 21, 8.—

In partic., faint, weak, languid from sickness, languishing, ill ( poet. and in postAug. prose): lumina, Laurea Tullius poët. ap. Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 8:

languidior noster si quando est Paulus,

Mart. 9, 86:

uxor,

Juv. 1, 122.— Subst.: languĭdus, i, m., the sick man, invalid, Vulg. Johan. 5, 7; id. Matt. 14, 14 al.—

Trop., faint, feeble, powerless, inactive, listless, of persons and things:

senectus languida atque iners,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

philosophus mollis, languidus, enervatus,

id. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

si qui antea aut alieniores fuerant aut languidiores,

more sluggish, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16; cf.:

nos etiam languidiores postea facti sumus,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 21:

illi beati, quos nullae futtiles laetitiae exultantes languidis liquefaciunt voluptatibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

esse remisso ac languido animo,

id. B. C. 1, 21:

languidiore credo studio in causa fuistis,

Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

oratio languidior,

Quint. 4, 1, 67:

auctoritas patrum,

weak, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121:

Romani... fessi lassique erant: tamen instructi intentique obviam procedebant. Nam dolus Numidarum nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur,

Sall. J. 53, 6:

oculos ubi languida pressit quies,

producing languor, Verg. A. 12, 908.— Sup. seems not to occur. —Hence, adv.: languĭdē, in a languid manner, faintly, feebly, slowly, languidly (class.):

procedere,

Col. 11, 1, 17:

nutare,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53:

agere,

Petr. 98:

palmae languide dulces,

slightly, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 34. — Comp.:

languidius in opere versari,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27:

dictum languidius,

more faintheartedly, spiritlessly, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 25.— Sup. seems not to occur.

mŏdŏ (scanned mŏdō, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 23; Lucr. 2, 11, 35; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 107; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 480; Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 140), adv. [orig. abl. of modus, q. v.].

Qs., by measure, expressing, like tantum, a restriction of the idea, only, merely, but.

In gen.

Affirmatively: ter sub armis malim vitam cernere, Quam semel modo parere, even once, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll. (Trag. v. 298 Vahl.):

semel modo,

only once, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 30:

uni modo gessi morem,

id. Most. 1, 3, 43:

hoc autem si ita sit, ut unum modo sensibus falsum videatur, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf.:

quorum genera plura sunt: hi unum modo quale sit suspicantur,

id. Or. 9, 28:

nec audiendi quidam, qui tres modo primas esse partes volunt,

Quint. 3, 3, 4:

paulum modo,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 15:

perpauxillum modo,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 74; cf.:

manus erat nulla, quae parvam modo causam timoris afferret,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 3:

quae pacisci modo scis, sed quod pacta es, non scis solvere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 88:

ad ornandam modo, non augendam orationem assumuntur,

Quint. 8, 6, 39; cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

solere modo non etiam oportere,

id. Off. 3, 4, 18:

doctrina ac litterae secundis rebus delectationem modo habere videbantur, nunc vero etiam salutem,

id. Fam. 6, 12, 5:

circi modo spectaculum fuerat,

Liv. 7, 2: modo facito ut illam serves, only see that, etc., Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 59:

modo fac, ne quid aliud cures, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1:

aetatem velim servire, Libanum ut conveniam modo,

if I can only, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 8:

modo ut tacere possis,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 9; cf.:

concede, ut impune emerit, modo ut bonā ratione emerit,

if but. provided that, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10:

modo ut haec nobis loca tenere liceat,

id. Fam. 14, 14, 1.— For the expressions dummodo, solummodo, and tantummodo, v. dum, solum, and tantum.—

Negatively: non modo... sed (verum) etiam (et, or simply sed), not only... but also:

ut non modo secunda sperare debeas, sed etiam adversa fortissimo animo ferre,

Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 5:

non modo agendo, verum etiam cogitando,

id. Cael. 19, 45:

illum non modo favisse, sed et, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 9, 2:

non modo falsum id esse, sed hoc verissimum,

id. Rep. 2, 44, 71.— As to these expressions, and also respecting the omission of a second non in the latter clause, v. under sed and non.—

In partic., in restrictive clauses, for ullo or aliquo modo, in any way or degree, at all, only, even:

servus est nemo, qui modo tolerabili conditione sit servitutis, qui, etc.,

who is in any tolerable condition, Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 16; cf.:

quamquam quis ignorat, qui modo umquam mediocriter res istas scire curavit, quin, etc.,

id. Fl. 27, 64; and:

quis est omnium, qui modo cum Musis habeat aliquod commercium, qui? etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

nemo aliter philosophus sensit, in quo modo esset auctoritas,

id. Div. 1, 39, 86; cf.: servitus, honorifica modo, Brut. ap. Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 4:

tum quam plurimis modo dignis, se utilem praebent,

be they but worthy, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:

bonis viris... faciendum est, modo pro facultatibus,

id. ib. 2, 17, 58:

decerne, modo recte,

id. Rosc. Am. 48, 138:

itaque veniam, quo vocas, modo adjutore te,

id. Att. 16, 13, a, 1:

atque utinam posset aliquā ratione hoc crimen quamvis falsa, modo humana atque usitata defendere,

if only, id. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 224.—

Si modo, if only (freq.):

tu si modo es Romae: vix enim puto, sin es, hoc vehementer animadvertas velim,

Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2:

tute scis (si modo meministi) me tibi tum dixisse, etc.,

id. ib. 12, 18, 2:

fortasse vici, si modo permansero,

id. ib. 12, 44, 3.— Poet. with subj.:

si modo sola queant saxa tenere fidem,

Prop. 1, 18, 4.—

Poet. and in jurid. Latin, modo si, for dummodo, if only, provided that:

persequar inferius, modo si licet ordine ferri,

Ov. Tr. 2, 263:

modo si ejus nomine opus fiat,

Dig. 39, 1, 18; 26, 2, 28; 19, 2, 19, § 10.—

As a conjunction with subj., for dummodo, if only, provided that (freq. and class.):

quos valetudo modo bona sit, tenuitas ipsa delectat,

Cic. Brut. 16, 64; id. Or. 9, 28:

manent ingenia senibus, modo permaneat studium et industria,

id. Sen. 7, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 131:

modo Juppiter adsit, Tertia lux classem Cretaeis sistet in oris,

Verg. A. 3, 116.—So, modo ne for dummodo ne, if only not, provided that not:

quae de Sicinio audīsti, ea mihi probantur: modo ne illa exceptio in aliquem incurrat bene de nobis meritum,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3:

si quis est paulo ad voluptates propensior, modo ne sit ex pecudum genere, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 30, 105; id. Ac. 2, 43, 132.—

Modo non, like the Gr. monon ouchi, all but, almost, nearly, = propemodum (ante- and post-class.):

modo non montes auri pollicens,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 Don.:

favet Fabi gloriae, quae modo non suā contumeliā splendeat,

Liv. 10, 24, 11:

pictor equum venientem, modo non vivum, comprehenderat,

Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 7:

modo non reclamante publico vigore,

Amm. 14, 7, 1; 16, 12, 16; 21, 14, 1; 22, 6, 2 al.—

In colloq. lang. with imperatives, just, now, only:

sequere hac modo,

Plaut. Men. 4, 1, 4:

sedete hic modo,

id. Rud. 3, 3, 29:

propera modo,

id. Men. 1, 4, 32:

vide modo,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

ignem scrutare modo, inquam,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 276.—Indignantly:

quin tu i modo,

begone now, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 182; so,

i modo,

id. Stich. 3, 2, 23:

tace modo,

be still now, id. As. 5, 2, 19.—With tu or vos ( poet. and post-class.):

tu modo, dum licet, hunc fructum ne desere vitae,

Prop. 2, 15, 49; Verg. G. 3, 73:

tu modo posce deos veniam,

id. A. 4, 50:

vos modo, inquit, parcite,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 8; Curt. 9, 6, 24; 9, 2, 25.

With specifications of time, like Gr. arti (reaching to the full measure of the time, fully).

In gen.

Of the pressent time, just now, just (ante-class. and poet.):

quid? ego modo huic frater factus, dum intro eo atque exeo?

just now? Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 43:

modo dolores, meatu, occipiunt,

Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 2 (evidenter hic modo temporis praesentis adverbium est, Don.):

advenis modo,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 8 Don.:

devoravi nomen imprudens modo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 63:

jam modo nunc possum contentus vivere parvo,

Tib. 1, 1, 25; cf.:

peccare fuisset Ante satis, penitus modo nunc genus omne perosos Femineum,

Verg. A. 9, 141.—

Of time just passed, just now, but this moment, a little while ago, lately (class.):

nuper homines nobiles hujusmodi, judices, et quid dico nuper? immo vero modo ac plane paulo ante vidimus, qui, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7: Al. Ita uti dudum dixeras? Am. Dudum? quam dudum istuc factum est? Al. Temptas:

jam dudum, pridem, modo,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 60: Ph. Quando? Do. Hodie. Ph. Quamdudum? Do. Modo, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 30:

sum illi villae amicior modo factus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4:

quaeras putemne talem esse deorum naturam, qualis modo a te sit exposita,

id. N. D. 1, 21, 57:

declaravit id modo temeritas C. Caesaris,

id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

modo hoc malum in rem publicam invasit,

id. ib. 2, 21, 75:

si hodie bella sint, quale Gallicum modo (i. e. twenty-two years earlier),

Liv. 6, 40, 17; cf. id. 22, 14, 13; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 99.—Opp. to nunc: qui nunc primum te advenisse dicas, [p. 1156] modo qui hinc abieris, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 63:

in quā urbe modo gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā floruimus, in eā nunc iis quidem omnibus caremus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2; id. Mur. 40, 86; 41, 88; Prop. 1, 18, 7.—With tunc, Tac. A. 2, 75.—

Of time just to come, immediately, directly, in a moment (rare, and perh. not in Cic.):

domum modo ibo,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 15; Liv. 26, 15:

Artabanus tardari metu, modo cupidine vindictae inardescere,

Tac. A. 6, 32; 4, 50.—

In partic.

Modo... modo, now... now, at one moment... at another, sometimes... sometimes (class.):

modo ait, modo negat,

sometimes he says Yes, and sometimes No, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 46:

Cotta meus modo hoc, modo illud,

Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 44, 93:

modo his, modo illis ex partibus,

id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

o Academiam volaticam et sui similem, modo huc, modo illuc!

id. Att. 13, 25, 3:

citus modo, modo tardus incessus,

Sall. C. 15, 5:

laetos modo, modo pavidos animadverteres,

id. J. 60, 4:

nebulonem modo, modo nugatorem appellat,

Liv. 38, 56.—Instead of modo... modo, we sometimes find:

nunc... modo: nunc quereretur eundem accusatorem ac judicem esse, modo vitam sibi eripi, etc.,

Liv. 8, 32, 9.—Again, instead of the second modo (esp. in poets and in post-Aug. prose writers), we find:

nunc aliquando, interdum, nonnumquam, saepe, rursus.—So, modo... nunc,

Ov. M. 13, 922; id. F. 4, 643; id. Tr. 1, 2, 27:

modo ut reciperet imperium, nunc ut legatione fungeretur,

Tac. H. 2, 51:

modo... aliquando,

id. A. 1, 81; 6, 35; 11, 34; 16, 10; id. H. 2, 74:

modo... interdum,

Sall. J. 42, 1; 55, 9; 62, 9 Kritz.; 74, 1; Hor. S. 1, 9, 9 et saep.:

modo... nonnumquam,

Suet. Tib. 66; id. Claud. 15; id. Calig. 52:

modo... saepe,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 11:

modo... modo... saepe,

Sall. J. 45, 2; Tac. H. 4, 84:

modo... rursus,

Prop. 1, 3, 41.—

Modo... tum (deinde, postea, etc.), at first... then, at one time... at another:

sol modo accedens, tum autem recedens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 102:

(Xenophon) facit Socratem disputantem... et modo unum, tum autem plures deos,

id. ib. 1, 12, 31:

et modo mundum, tum mentem divinam esse putat,

id. ib. 1, 13, 34; cf.:

modo (Theophrastus) menti divinum tribuit principatum, modo caelo, tum autem signis sideribusque caelestibus,

id. ib. 1, 13, 35:

et forte in eo loco grandis ilex coaluerat inter saxa paulum modo prona, deinde flexa, etc.,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

modo... paulo post,

Val. Max. 7, 4, 5:

modo... modo... postremum,

Tac. H. 4, 46:

quid agerent, modo timentes, vicissim contemnentes religiones,

Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 43.

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.

Plăto or Plăton, ōnis, = Platôn.

A celebrated Grecian philosopher, the disciple of Socrates, the instructor of Aristotle, and founder of the Academic philosophy, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12:

Plato divinus auctor,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.:

doctum Platona,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,

Plătōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Platônikos, of or belonging to Plato, Platonic:

sublimitas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5:

philosophus,

Gell. 15, 2, 1:

homo, speaking of Cicero,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46:

ideae,

Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.— Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci, ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy, Platonists, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—

An obscure Epicurean of Sardis, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14.

Plăto or Plăton, ōnis, = Platôn.

A celebrated Grecian philosopher, the disciple of Socrates, the instructor of Aristotle, and founder of the Academic philosophy, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12:

Plato divinus auctor,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.:

doctum Platona,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,

Plătōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Platônikos, of or belonging to Plato, Platonic:

sublimitas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5:

philosophus,

Gell. 15, 2, 1:

homo, speaking of Cicero,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46:

ideae,

Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.— Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci, ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy, Platonists, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—

An obscure Epicurean of Sardis, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14.

Plăto or Plăton, ōnis, = Platôn.

A celebrated Grecian philosopher, the disciple of Socrates, the instructor of Aristotle, and founder of the Academic philosophy, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12:

Plato divinus auctor,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.:

doctum Platona,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,

Plătōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Platônikos, of or belonging to Plato, Platonic:

sublimitas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5:

philosophus,

Gell. 15, 2, 1:

homo, speaking of Cicero,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46:

ideae,

Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.— Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci, ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy, Platonists, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—

An obscure Epicurean of Sardis, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14.

Plăto or Plăton, ōnis, = Platôn.

A celebrated Grecian philosopher, the disciple of Socrates, the instructor of Aristotle, and founder of the Academic philosophy, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12:

Plato divinus auctor,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.:

doctum Platona,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,

Plătōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Platônikos, of or belonging to Plato, Platonic:

sublimitas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5:

philosophus,

Gell. 15, 2, 1:

homo, speaking of Cicero,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46:

ideae,

Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.— Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci, ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy, Platonists, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—

An obscure Epicurean of Sardis, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14.