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mollĭo , īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (mollibat for molliebat, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16; Ov. M. 6, 21:
I.mollirier for molliri,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 27), v. a. mollis, to make soft, pliant, flexible, or supple, to soften (class.).
II. Trop.
A. To soften, moderate, mitigate; to tame, restrain, check; to render easier, lighter, pleasanter, or less disagreeable: “Hannibalem juveniliter exsultantem patientiā suā molliebat,Cic. Sen. 4, 10: quā mons mollibat mare, broke the violence of the sea, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16: “iras,Liv. 1, 9: “impetum,id. 3, 35: “indocili numero cum grave mollit opus,Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 6: “poenam,id. ib. 3, 5, 53: “clivum,to make the ascent of a hill easier, Caes. B. G. 7, 46: “clivos,Liv. 21, 37, 3: “verba usu,Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95: “translationem,id. de Or. 3, 41, 165: “fructus feros colendo,to render milder, Verg. G. 2, 36: “caelum,Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 124: “lacrimae meorum me interdum molliunt,overcome me, Cic. Att. 10, 9, 2: “Deus mollivit cor meum,softened, Vulg. Job, 23, 16.—
B. To soften, render effeminate or unmanly: “legionem,Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8: “animos,id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: vocem, to make soft or womanish, Quint. 11, 3, 24: “puerum,to unman, Stat. S. 3, 4, 68.
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