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1 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. -
2 flexibilitas
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3 mollitia
mollĭtĭa ( mollĭcĭa), ae, f., and mol-lĭtĭes ( mollĭcĭes), ēi, f. [mollis], movableness, pliability, flexibility, suppleness; softness (class.).I.Lit.:II.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.—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. -
4 mollities
mollĭtĭa ( mollĭcĭa), ae, f., and mol-lĭtĭes ( mollĭcĭes), ēi, f. [mollis], movableness, pliability, flexibility, suppleness; softness (class.).I.Lit.:II.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.—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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