molliculus

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μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea

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Latin > English

molliculus mollicula, molliculum ADJ :: soft, tender; effeminate

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mollĭcŭlus: a, um,
I adj. dim. mollis.
I Lit., soft, tender, delicate (poet.): escae, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 58: meus molliculus caseus, id. Poen. 1, 2, 154.—
II Trop., voluptuous: versiculi, Cat. 16, 4; cf. adulescentulus, Charis. 183 P.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mollĭcŭlus,¹⁴ a, um, dim. de mollis, tendre délicat : Pl. Cas. 492 ; Catul. 16, 4.

Latin > German (Georges)

molliculus, a, um (Demin. v. mollis), I) hübsch zart, gar zart, molliculae escae, ut ipsa est mollicula, Plaut. Cas. 492: meus molliculus caseus, als Liebkosung, Plaut. Poen. 367. – II) übtr., gar weichlich, gar zärtlich, adulescentulus, Charis. 198, 19: quod (versiculi mei) sunt molliculi, gar zärtlich kosen, Catull. 16, 4: quorum alterum quasi infractum et molliculum, Ambros. de off. 2, 3, 9.