mollitudo
From LSJ
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 5.30
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.