I.to make mild or mellow, to mature, ripen; to make tame, to tame (mostly postAug. for the class. mitigo, q. v.).
I. Lit.: in omne corpus diviso et mitigato cibo, well digested, distributed as nutriment (al. modificatus), Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 Orell. N. cr.: “nocte sidus tepido fulgore mitificat (marinas locustas),” Plin. 9, 31, 50, § 96: “elephantos,” to tame, id. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—
II. Trop., to make mild or gentle: “homines,” Gell. 2, 12, 4.
