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|lshtext=<b>mollis</b>: e, adj. Gr. [[μαλακός]], [[ἀμαλός]], [[μῶλυς]]; cf. [[βληχρός]], perh. Lat. [[mulier]] (mollior),<br /><b>I</b> [[easily]] movable, [[pliant]], [[flexible]], [[supple]]; [[soft]], [[tender]], [[delicate]], [[gentle]], [[mild]], [[pleasant]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[tener]], [[facilis]], [[flexibilis]], [[lentus]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /> <b>C</b> 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.<br /> <b>1</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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. | |lshtext=<b>mollis</b>: e, adj. Gr. [[μαλακός]], [[ἀμαλός]], [[μῶλυς]]; cf. [[βληχρός]], perh. Lat. [[mulier]] (mollior),<br /><b>I</b> [[easily]] movable, [[pliant]], [[flexible]], [[supple]]; [[soft]], [[tender]], [[delicate]], [[gentle]], [[mild]], [[pleasant]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[tener]], [[facilis]], [[flexibilis]], [[lentus]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /> <b>C</b> 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.<br /> <b>1</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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. | ||
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|gf=<b>mollis</b>,⁷ e,<br /><b>1</b> <b> a)</b> souple, flexible : [[juncus]] Virg. B. 2, 72, le jonc flexible ; molles commissuræ Cic. Nat. 2, 150, articulations souples : <b> b)</b> mou, tendre : mollissima [[cera]] Cic. de Or. 3, 177, cire très molle ; [[mollia]] prata Virg. G. 2, 384, tendres prairies ; molles genæ Ov. H. 10, 44, joues délicates || pl. n., [[mollia]] [[panis]] Plin. 13, 82, mie de pain ; <b> c)</b> doux, [[non]] escarpé : molle [[fastigium]], molle [[litus]] Cæs. C. 2, 10, 3 ; G. 5, 9, 1, légère inclinaison, rivage en pente douce ; <b> d)</b> [[non]] âpre, doux : mollissima vina Virg. G. 1, 341, vins sans âpreté ; odore mollius Plin. 21, 61, à l’odeur très [[suave]] ; mollior æstas Virg. G. 1, 312, été [[plus]] doux ; <b> e)</b> souple, sans raideur : signa molliora Cic. Br. 70, statues ayant [[plus]] de souplesse, cf. Quint. 12, 10, 7 ; molles imitabitur ære capillos Hor. P. 33, il reproduira dans le bronze la souplesse d’une chevelure<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> souple, flexible : [[mollis]] et pellucens [[oratio]] Cic. Br. 274, style souple et diaphane, cf. Cic. Or. 77 ; Hor. S. 1, 10, 45 ; [[est]] [[oratio]] [[mollis]] et tenera et [[ita]] [[flexibilis]] ut sequatur [[quocumque]] torqueas Cic. Or. 52, le langage [[est]] souple, malléable et si flexible qu’il suit toutes les directions qu’on lui imprime (qu’il se prête à toutes les formes qu’on veut lui donner) ; [[nihil]] [[est]] [[tam]] molle [[quam]] [[voluntas]] [[erga]] [[nos]] civium Cic. Mil. 42, [[rien]] n’[[est]] aussi souple que les dispositions des citoyens à notre égard ; [[mollis]] [[animus]] et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2, esprit aussi prompt à sentir qu’à oublier une offense ; <b> b)</b> doux, tendre : [[auricula]] infima mollior Cic. Q. 2, 13, 4, [[plus]] tendre que le bout inférieur de l’oreille [de bonne composition], cf. Cæc. 28 ; mollissima [[corda]] Juv. 15, 131, cœurs très tendres, sensibles ; <b> c)</b> doux, agréable : mollem et jucundam senectutem efficere Cic. CM 2, rendre la vieillesse douce et agréable ; [[quanto]] molliores sunt flexiones in cantu Cic. de Or. 2, 98, combien sont [[plus]] douces ([[plus]] caressantes) les modulations dans le chant ; molliora referre Tac. H. 1, 32, rapporter des [[propos]] [[plus]] doux || cuncta in mollius relata Tac. Ann. 14, 39, tout fut rapporté avec des adoucissements ; translationes mollissimæ Cic. Or. 85, les métaphores les moins hardies, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 37 ; <b> d)</b> touchant : molles [[versus]] Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 307, poésie élégiaque ; <b> e)</b> mou, sans énergie : molles sententiæ Cic. Cat. 1, 30, décisions molles ; [[mens]] [[mollis]] Cæs. G. 3, 19, 6, raison sans fermeté || efféminé : [[disciplina]] Cic. Fin. 1, 30, secte efféminée, cf. Fin. 5, 12 ; de Or. 1, 226 ; [subst<sup>t</sup>] Cleopatræ molles Sen. Ep. 87, 16, les mignons de Cléopâtre ; <b> f)</b> favorable, propice : mollissima fandi [[tempora]] Virg. En. 4, 293, les occasions les [[plus]] favorables pour parler, cf. Ov. P. 3, 3, 84. | |||
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mollis: e, adj. Gr. μαλακός, ἀμαλός, μῶλυς; cf. βληχρός, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior),
I 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.
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mollis,⁷ e,
1 a) souple, flexible : juncus Virg. B. 2, 72, le jonc flexible ; molles commissuræ Cic. Nat. 2, 150, articulations souples : b) mou, tendre : mollissima cera Cic. de Or. 3, 177, cire très molle ; mollia prata Virg. G. 2, 384, tendres prairies ; molles genæ Ov. H. 10, 44, joues délicates
