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  • 1 belle

    bellē, adv. [bellus] joliment, bien, délicieusement.    - belle se habere, Cic. Att. 12, 37: se bien porter.    - bellissime navigare, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: faire une traversée fort agréable.    - belle facere Cato, Agr. 157: être efficace [en parl. d'un remède].    - belle dicere, Mart.: être beau parleur.
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    bellē, adv. [bellus] joliment, bien, délicieusement.    - belle se habere, Cic. Att. 12, 37: se bien porter.    - bellissime navigare, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: faire une traversée fort agréable.    - belle facere Cato, Agr. 157: être efficace [en parl. d'un remède].    - belle dicere, Mart.: être beau parleur.
    * * *
        Belle, Aduerbium, Idem quod Bene. Plaut. Bien.
    \
        Belle esse poteris mecum. Cic. Fort bien et aiseement, ou commodement.
    \
        Non belle est illi. Cic. Il ne se porte point bien. Cui opponitur, Recte est.
    \
        Belle habere. Cic. Se porter bien.
    \
        Belle narras. Erasmus. Tu nous en compte bien. Dict par mocquerie.
    \
        Bellissime nauigare. Cic. Sans adversité, Avoir bon vent.
    \
        Caetera belle: Supple se habent. Cic. Tout le reste se porte bien.

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  • 2 flexilis

        flexilis e, adj.    [FALC-], pliant, pliable, flexible: circulus, chain, V.: cornu, O.
    * * *
    flexilis, flexile ADJ
    pliant, pliable, supple

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  • 3 molliō

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

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  • 4 mollis

        mollis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [MAL-], yielding, pliant, flexible, supple, soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant: iuncus, V.: comae, V.: aurum, flexible, V.: tiliae, O.: flumen, Ct.: cervix, O.: commissurae: in litore molli, of soft sand, Cs.: harena, O.: castaneae, V.: mollissima vina, V.: lana, O.: arcus, unstrung, O.: feretrum, made soft by a layer of leaves, V.: mollissima cera: genae, delicate, O.: manus, O.: Zephyri, gentle, O.: Euphrates mollior undis, calmer, V.: litus, accessible, Cs.: fastigium, gentle, Cs.: clivus, V.: iugum montis, Ta.—Prov.: me molli bracchio obiurgare, i. e. with forbearance.—Fig., tender, delicate, susceptible: mollibus annis, in tender youth, O.: os, easily blushing, O.: mollissima corda, Iu.— Soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak: philosophus: Sabaei, V.: Tarentum, H.: disciplina: vita, O.: querellae, H.: mens, Cs.: sententiae: Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum, L.: in dolore molliores: viri, given to lust, L.— Plur m. as subst: vos pellite molles, the effeminate, O.— Soft, pleasant, mild, easy, gentle: lex mollior: oratio: verba, H.: iussa, easy, V.: versus, amatory, O.: ridere mollia, smile gently, O.: pilenta, having a gentle motion, V.: mollissima fandi Tempora, most favorable, V.: hora mollior, more favorable, O.: alqd quam mollissimā viā consequi, with the utmost forbearance, L.—As subst n., softness, smoothness: molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae, H.— Weak, untrustworthy: consul, L.: voluntas erga nos civium.
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    mollis, molle ADJ
    soft; flexible; calm; gentle; pliant, tender; smooth; mild, weak; effeminate

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  • 5 sup-pleō (subpl-)

        sup-pleō (subpl-) ēvī, ētus, ēre,    to fill up, fill out, make full, make good, complete, supply: supplet iste nescio qui: bibliothecam: Adiectoque cavae supplentur corpore rugae, O.: inania moenia (i. e. urbem) supple, i. e. people, O.: Si fetura gregem suppleverit, V.—To add: ceteros.—In the army or navy, to fill up, make complete, furnish with a complement, recruit: legiones, L.: Remigium, V.

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  • 6 lentus

    I.
    lethargic, inactive / slow, lingering.
    II.
    tough, resistant, tenacious / supple, pliant /

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  • 7 Lygosoma

    2. RUS лигозомы pl, риопы pl
    3. ENG slender [supple, lygosomine, sand] skinks, riopas
    4. DEU Schlankskinke pl
    5. FRA lygosomes pl
    Ареал обитания: Азия, Африка, Малайский архипелаг, Австралия

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  • 8 Riopa

    1. LAT Riopa Gray
    2. RUS см. 8050
    3. ENG —
    4. DEU —
    5. FRA —
    Ареал обитания: Азия

    2. RUS лигозомы pl, риопы pl
    3. ENG slender [supple, lygosomine, sand] skinks, riopas
    4. DEU Schlankskinke pl
    5. FRA lygosomes pl
    Ареал обитания: Азия, Африка, Малайский архипелаг, Австралия

    VOCABULARIUM NOMINUM ANIMALIUM QUINQUELINGUE > Riopa

  • 9 enodis

    ēnōdis, e, adj. [nodus], free from knots, without knots ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Prop.:

    trunci,

    Verg. G. 2, 78; cf.

    cedri,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 360:

    nitor arborum,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 14:

    harundo,

    Mart. Cap. 9, § 906.—
    B.
    Transf., smooth, supple: artus ( al. arcus) laterum, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 361.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, clear, plain, intelligible:

    elegi,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Ambros. Ep. 1, 12; id. in Luc. 7, § 136 init.

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  • 10 exossis

    exossis, e, and exossus, a, um, adj. [ex-ŏs], without bones, boneless (post-class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum sit (lepus marinus) cetera exossis,

    App. Mag. p. 300, 13.—
    II.
    Transf.
    (α).
    Pliant, limber, supple, yielding:

    exossis plane et enervis,

    App. Mag. p. 322, 1:

    enervam et exossam saltationem explicat,

    id. Met. 1, p. 104, 3.—
    (β).
    Loose, negligent:

    dictio,

    Sid. Ep. 6, 18.

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  • 11 exossus

    exossis, e, and exossus, a, um, adj. [ex-ŏs], without bones, boneless (post-class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum sit (lepus marinus) cetera exossis,

    App. Mag. p. 300, 13.—
    II.
    Transf.
    (α).
    Pliant, limber, supple, yielding:

    exossis plane et enervis,

    App. Mag. p. 322, 1:

    enervam et exossam saltationem explicat,

    id. Met. 1, p. 104, 3.—
    (β).
    Loose, negligent:

    dictio,

    Sid. Ep. 6, 18.

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  • 12 habilis

    hăbĭlis, e, adj. [habeo, II. B. 2.], that may be easily handled or managed, manageable, suitable, fit, proper, apt, expert, light, nimble, swift (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (calcei) habiles et apti ad pedem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231; cf.:

    (natura homini) figuram corporis habilem et aptam ingenio humano dedit,

    id. Leg. 1, 9, 26;

    res aptae, habiles et ad naturam accommodatae,

    id. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

    brevitate habiles gladii,

    Liv. 22, 46, 5:

    ensis,

    Verg. A. 9, 305:

    arcus,

    id. ib. 1, 318:

    pharetra ad tela,

    Val. Fl. 3, 607:

    frameae,

    Tac. G. 6:

    currus,

    Ov. M. 2, 531:

    aratrum,

    Tib. 1, 9, 7:

    naves velis,

    Tac. A. 2, 6:

    corpus habilissimum quadratum est, neque gracile neque obesum,

    the most convenient for managing, treating, Cels. 2, 1; cf.:

    materia levis est et ad hoc habilis,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 7:

    atque habilis membris venit vigor,

    i. e. making supple, Verg. G. 4, 418:

    (bos) nec feturae habilis nec fortis aratris,

    fit, proper for, id. ib. 3, 62:

    terra frumentis,

    Col. 2, 2, 20; cf.:

    Aegyptum ut feraciorem habilioremque annonae urbicae redderet,

    Suet. Aug. 18:

    pinguibus hae (vites) terris habiles, levioribus illae,

    Verg. G. 2, 92:

    rudem ad pedestria bella Numidarum gentem esse, equis tantum habilem,

    Liv. 24, 48, 5; cf.:

    ducenta fere milia peditum, armis habilia,

    able to bear arms, Vell. 2, 110, 3:

    nondum portandis habiles gravioribus armis,

    Sil. 11, 588.—
    II.
    Trop.: sunt quidam ita in iisdem rebus habiles, ita naturae muneribus ornati, ut, etc., apt, expert, skilful (= capax), Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

    acutior atque habilior ad inveniendum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 12:

    numquam ingenium idem ad res diversissimas habilius fuit,

    Liv. 21, 4, 3:

    exercitus non habilis gubernaculo,

    not easy to govern, Vell. 2, 113, 2: negotia expedita et habilia sequuntur actorem, Sen. de Ira, 3, 7: et vicina seni non habilis Lyco, not suited (on account of her age), Hor. C. 3, 19, 24:

    non habiles Colchi,

    i. e. uncivilized, rude, Val. Fl. 7, 231.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf.:

    plaudentique habiles Caryae resonare Dianae,

    Stat. Th. 4, 225; Luc. 3, 553.—Hence, adv.: hăbĭlĭter, handily, aptly, expertly, skilfully, easily (very rare):

    scutum parvum habiliter ferens,

    Liv. Epit. 57:

    ut elephantis, sicut nos equis, facile atque habiliter utantur,

    Mel. 3, 7; Dig. 34, 2, 20.

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  • 13 imperfectum

    imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

    quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

    quaedam (animalia),

    Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

    infans,

    id. ib. 3, 310:

    pars manebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 428:

    pons,

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

    cibus,

    i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

    imperfecto adhuc bello,

    Suet. Caes. 26:

    qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

    id. ib. 56; cf.

    Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

    Suet. Gramm. 12:

    opera reliquit,

    id. Tib. 47:

    quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

    Quint. 3, 1, 7:

    causae (opp. perfectae),

    id. 4, 2, 3:

    sermo,

    id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

    vita,

    Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

    insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

    Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

    imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

    Cic. Univ. 4.—
    II.
    Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

    ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

    Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

    imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

    Gell. 2, 8, 1.

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  • 14 imperfectus

    imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

    quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

    quaedam (animalia),

    Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

    infans,

    id. ib. 3, 310:

    pars manebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 428:

    pons,

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

    cibus,

    i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

    imperfecto adhuc bello,

    Suet. Caes. 26:

    qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

    id. ib. 56; cf.

    Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

    Suet. Gramm. 12:

    opera reliquit,

    id. Tib. 47:

    quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

    Quint. 3, 1, 7:

    causae (opp. perfectae),

    id. 4, 2, 3:

    sermo,

    id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

    vita,

    Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

    insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

    Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

    imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

    Cic. Univ. 4.—
    II.
    Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

    ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

    Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

    imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

    Gell. 2, 8, 1.

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  • 15 inperfectus

    imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

    quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

    quaedam (animalia),

    Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

    infans,

    id. ib. 3, 310:

    pars manebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 428:

    pons,

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

    cibus,

    i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

    imperfecto adhuc bello,

    Suet. Caes. 26:

    qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

    id. ib. 56; cf.

    Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

    Suet. Gramm. 12:

    opera reliquit,

    id. Tib. 47:

    quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

    Quint. 3, 1, 7:

    causae (opp. perfectae),

    id. 4, 2, 3:

    sermo,

    id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

    vita,

    Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

    insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

    Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

    imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

    Cic. Univ. 4.—
    II.
    Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

    ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

    Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

    imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

    Gell. 2, 8, 1.

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  • 16 malacisso

    mălăcisso, 1, v a., = malakizô, to render soft or supple, to soften, make pliable (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    malacissandus es,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 31: articulos, v. l. Sen. Ep. 66, 53 dub. (Haase, malaxandos).

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  • 17 malacus

    mălăcus, a, um, adj., = malakos, soft, supple, pliant (Plautin.):

    pallium malacum et calidum,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 93:

    pallium,

    id. Bacch. 1, 1, 38.—
    II.
    Transf., soft, delicate, luxurious:

    ad saltandum malacus,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 74:

    unctiones,

    id. Stich. 1, 3, 74:

    in malacum modum,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 121.

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  • 18 molle

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > molle

  • 19 mollia

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mollia

  • 20 mollio

    mollĭo, īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (mollibat for molliebat, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16; Ov. M. 6, 21:

    mollirier for molliri,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 27), v. a. [mollis], to make soft, pliant, flexible, or supple, to soften (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    frigoribus durescit umor, et idem vicissim mollitur tepefactus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

    lanam trahendo,

    by spinning, Ov. M. 2, 411:

    artus oleo,

    Liv. 21, 55:

    dum ferrum molliat ignis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 20:

    ceram,

    Ov. M. 8, 198:

    semina,

    id. ib. 7, 123:

    humum foliis,

    id. ib. 4, 741:

    glebas,

    id. ib. 6, 220:

    ventrem,

    to relax, purge moderately, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 43:

    duritias,

    id. 28, 17, 70, § 34:

    agri molliti,

    softened, loosened, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 130.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To soften, moderate, mitigate; to tame, restrain, check; to render easier, lighter, pleasanter, or less disagreeable:

    Hannibalem juveniliter exsultantem patientiā suā molliebat,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 10: quā mons mollibat mare, broke the violence of the sea, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16:

    iras,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    impetum,

    id. 3, 35:

    indocili numero cum grave mollit opus,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 6:

    poenam,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 53:

    clivum,

    to make the ascent of a hill easier, Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    clivos,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    verba usu,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

    translationem,

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 165:

    fructus feros colendo,

    to render milder, Verg. G. 2, 36:

    caelum,

    Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 124:

    lacrimae meorum me interdum molliunt,

    overcome me, Cic. Att. 10, 9, 2:

    Deus mollivit cor meum,

    softened, Vulg. Job, 23, 16.—
    B.
    To soften, render effeminate or unmanly:

    legionem,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

    animos,

    id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: vocem, to make soft or womanish, Quint. 11, 3, 24:

    puerum,

    to unman, Stat. S. 3, 4, 68.

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