remollio
From LSJ
Δεινότερον οὐδὲν ἄλλο μητρυιᾶς κακόν → Nulla est noverca pestis exitalior → Kein schlimmres Übel gibt's als eine Stiefmutter
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕ-mollio: no
I perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to make soft again, to make soft, soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: terram, Col. 2, 11, 9: grana umore remollita, App. Herb. 3, 9: quare ... Salmacis enervet tactosque remolliat artus, softens, weakens, Ov. M. 4, 286.—
II Trop.: eo se inhibitum ac remolitum, quo minus, ut destinarat, etc., softened, mollified, Suet. Aug. 79.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕmollĭō,¹⁵ ītum, īre, tr.,
1 amollir : Col. Rust. 2, 11, 2 ; Ps. Apul. Herb. 3, 9
2 [fig.] amollir, énerver : Ov. M. 4, 286 || adoucir, fléchir : Suet. Aug. 79.
