mollitudo
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mollĭtūdo: ĭnis, f. id.,
I suppleness, flexibility, softness (class.).
I Lit.: mollitudo vocis, flexibility of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20: manuum, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13: assimilis spongiis mollitudo, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: viarum, Vitr. 10, 6 init.; 10, 2, 11.—
II Trop., softness, susceptibility, weakness: humanitatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: corrumpi mollitudine vitiorum, Arn. 2, 64.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mollĭtūdō, ĭnis, f. (mollis),
1 souplesse, flexibilité [de la voix] : Her. 3, 20 || mollesse, qualité de ce qui est mou [au pr.] : Cic. Nat. 2, 135 ; Vitr. Arch. 10, 6 || douceur, moelleux [au toucher] : Cic. de Or. 3, 99
2 [fig.] la douceur, le poli des manières : Cic. de Or. 3, 161 || douceur, séduction : Arn. 2, 64.
Latin > German (Georges)
mollitūdo, inis, f. (mollis), die Beweglichkeit, Biegsamkeit, I) eig.: A) die Biegsamkeit, Geschmeidigkeit, mollitudo vocis, hoc est, ut eam torquere in dicendo pro nostro commodo possimus, Cornif. rhet. 3, 20. – B) die Weichheit, 1) eig.: corporis, Pacuv. tr. fr.: liquor lactis et m., Lact.: in pulmonibus autem inest raritas quaedam (Lockerheit, Porosität) et assimilis spongiis mollitudo, Cic. – 2) übtr., die Weichheit für das Gefühl, in ipso tactu est modus mollitudinis, Cic.: manuum, Pacuv. tr. fr.: viarum, Vitr. – II) bildl.: A) die Zartheit der Empfindung, Empfindsamkeit, humanitatis, Cic. de or. 3, 161. – B) die Weichlichkeit, Üppigkeit, vitiorum, Arnob. 2, 30.
Latin > English
mollitudo mollitudinis N F :: softness, yielding quality; flexibility (voice); mildness/leniency; weakness
