(verb) : 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), mollis, to make soft, pliant, flexible, or supple, to soften (class.).
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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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