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|lshtext=<b>mollĭo</b>: īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (mollibat for molliebat, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16; Ov. M. 6, 21:<br /><b>I</b> mollirier for molliri, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 27), v. a. [[mollis]], to [[make]] [[soft]], [[pliant]], [[flexible]], or [[supple]], to [[soften]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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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|georg=mollio, īvī u. iī, ītum, īre ([[mollis]]), [[beweglich]]-, biegsam-, [[geschmeidig]]-, [[gelenk]] [[machen]], [[weich]] [[machen]], [[erweichen]], I) eig.: A) übh.: lanam trahendo u. bl. lanam, v. [[Spinnen]], Ov. – [[artus]] [[oleo]], Liv., aquis, Ov. – cubilia, Quint.: humum foliis, Ov. – [[ferrum]] Hor.: ceram pollice, Ov.: cibum vapore, Lucr.: herbas flammā, [[weich]] [[kochen]], Ov.: Cererem ([[Brot]]) in vino, Ov. – frigoribus durescit [[umor]] et [[idem]] mollitur tepefactus, Cic. – B) den [[Boden]] [[erweichen]], [[auflockern]], glaebas, Ov.: [[Nilus]] recedens agros mollitos oblimatosque ad serendum relinquit, Cic.: mollitum ac subactum terrae [[gremium]], Cic. – C) [[als]] mediz. t. t., [[erweichen]] (Ggstz. durare), frictione, si [[vehemens]] sit, durari [[corpus]], si [[lenis]], molliri, Cels.: [[bes]]. v. Heilmitteln, duritias corporum, collectiones, Plin.: ventrem, alvum, erweichend, eröffnend [[auf]] den [[Leib]] [[wirken]], Cels. u. Plin.: u. so absol., molliunt [[aes]] [[combustum]], [[terra]] [[Eretria]] etc., Cels. – II) übtr., 1) in phys. [[Hinsicht]]: a) eine [[Anhöhe]] weniger [[steil]] [[machen]], [[sanft]] [[ansteigen]] [[lassen]], [[clivum]] anfractibus modicis, Caes.: ad molliendum [[clivum]], Caes. – b) die [[Schärfe]]-, [[Rauheit]] [[benehmen]], [[mildern]], [[fructus]] feros colendo, Verg.: ventos, Plin.: gallinaceorum discoctorum [[ius]] acria mollit, Plin.: vitia locorum quaesitis [[arte]] remediis mollirentur, Iustin. – 2) in gemütlicher, geistiger u. moralischer [[Hinsicht]], a) [[weich]] [[machen]], lacrimae meorum me [[interdum]] molliunt, Cic. ad Att. 10, 9, 2: [[paululum]] [[adversus]] praesentem formitudinem [[mollitus]], Tac. ann. 15, 63. – b) [[weichlich]] [[machen]], [[verweichlichen]], poëtae molliunt animos nostros, Cic.: [[aetas]] [[iam]] devexa ad [[otium]] domesticarum me rerum delectatione mollivit, Cic.: feroces militum animos (v. [[einer]] [[Gegend]]), Sall.: legionem, Cic.: vocem, [[weibisch]] [[machen]], Cic. fr. u. Quint. – poet., ferro mollita [[iuventus]] [[atque]] exsecta virum, v. Verschnittenen, Kastraten, Lucan. – c) erträglicher [[machen]], [[mildern]], verba usu, Cic.: translationem ([[Übertragung]]), Cic. – [[imperium]], Liv.: [[ritus]], Plin.: dissensiones, Vell.: frumenti et tributorum exactionem aequalitate munerum mollire, Tac.: [[mores]], [[Mela]]. -poenam, [[opus]], Ov. – [[lectio]] [[non]] cruda, [[sed]] multā iteratione mollita et [[velut]] confecta, Quint. – d) [[besänftigen]], [[bändigen]], [[zähmen]], Hannibalem exsultantem patientiā suā molliebat, Cic.: sedare [[motus]] et animos eorum m., Sall.: iras, Liv.: impetum, Liv. – / Synk. Imperf. mollibat, Acc. tr. 630. Ov. [[met]]. 6, 21 u. 8, 199. Apul. [[met]]. 10, 13. – Parag. Infin. mollirier, Ter. Phorm. 632.

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