mitis,
to be softened
: sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flammā
queant, O.—
To grow mild, become gentle, be tamed
: hiemps, L.: frigora, H.: ferae quaedam numquam
mitescunt,
are tamed
, L.—Fig.,
to grow mild, become gentle, be civilized
: Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
H.: malis hominum,
be moved by
, V.
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