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mollesco
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Lewis Short
mollesco, ĕre
* V. inch. n. [molleo], to become soft, to soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. liquesco).
* Lit.: rura colit nemo: mollescunt colla juvencis,Cat. 64, 38: ebur,Ov. M. 10, 283: tactu,Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.
* Trop.
* To become soft, mild, or gentle: tum genus humanum primum mollescere coepit,Lucr. 5, 1014: pectora,Ov. P. 1, 6, 8.
* To become effeminate, unmanly: mollescat in undis,Ov. M. 4, 386: ne forte mollescat cor vestrum,Vulg. Jer. 51, 46.
* V. inch. n. [molleo], to become soft, to soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. liquesco).
* Lit.: rura colit nemo: mollescunt colla juvencis,Cat. 64, 38: ebur,Ov. M. 10, 283: tactu,Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.
* Trop.
* To become soft, mild, or gentle: tum genus humanum primum mollescere coepit,Lucr. 5, 1014: pectora,Ov. P. 1, 6, 8.
* To become effeminate, unmanly: mollescat in undis,Ov. M. 4, 386: ne forte mollescat cor vestrum,Vulg. Jer. 51, 46.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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