mitigatio
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mītĭgātĭo: ōnis, f. mitigo,
I a soothing, mitigating, mitigation (rare but class.), Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 118: multis mitigationibus lenire, Auct. Her. 4, 37, 49: quae non indiget mitigationis, id. ib. 4, 37, 50: si est lingua curationis, est et mitigationis, Vulg. Sir. 36, 25.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mītĭgātĭō, ōnis, f. (mitigo), action d’adoucir, de calmer : Cic. de Or. 3, 118 ; Her. 4, 49.
Latin > German (Georges)
mītigātio, ōnis, f. (mitigo), die Milderung, Besänftigung, omnis ad omnem animi motum impulsio et, si ita res feret, mitigatio, alles, was zur Aufregung der Leidenschaften und nach Umständen zu ihrer Besänftigung dient, Cic. de or. 3, 118: est lingua et mitigationis et misericordiae, ist sanftmütig und mitleidig, Vulg. Sirach 36, 25: Plur., eius modi licentia si nimium videbitur acrimoniae habere, multis mitigationibus lenietur, Cornif. rhet. 4, 49: plue mihi mitigationes in cor, Augustin. conf. 12, 25, 34.
