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Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22

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.