molliō, mollīre, mollīvī, mollītum

Definitions for mollīre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to soften, make calm or less hostile
English derivatives:
mollescent mollify mollusk emollient

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To make soft or yielding, soften. (b) (med.) to soften or relax (the body); to open (the bowels).
2
To make physically weak or effeminate, enfeeble.
3
To make calm or gentle (the sea, weather, etc.).
4
To make less hostile, mollify, appease, placate.
5
To make less fierce or wild, tame; to render (weapons) harmless.

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Sentences with mollīre

Latin to English

Flucti flacciscunt, silescunt venti, mollitur mare. [Chryses]Compare The waves grow gentler, the winds abate, the sea's appeased.

Lacrima meus ego interdum mollio.Compare The tears of my friends sometimes soften me.

Nominibus mollire licet mala, fusca vocetur nigrior Illyrica cui pice sanguis erit. Si Paeta est, Veneri similis. Si flava, Minervae, sit gracilis macie quae male viva sua est. dic habilem quaecumque brevis; quae turgida, plenam; et lateat vitium proximitate boni.Compare With names you soften shortcomings; let her be called swarthy whose blood is blacker than Illyrian pitch; if cross-eyed, she is like Venus; yellow haired, like Minerva; call her slender whose thinness impairs her health; if short, call her trim; if stout, of full body; let its nearness to a virtue conceal a fault.

Conjugation table for mollīre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
molliō mollīs mollit mollīmus mollītis molliunt	molliēbam molliēbās molliēbat molliēbāmus molliēbātis molliēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
mollīvī mollīvistī mollīvit mollīvimus mollīvistis mollīvērunt / mollīvēre	mollīveram mollīverās mollīverat mollīverāmus mollīverātis mollīverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
molliam molliēs molliet molliēmus molliētis mollient	mollīverō mollīveris mollīverit mollīverimus mollīveritis mollīverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
molliam molliās molliat molliāmus molliātis molliant	mollīrem mollīrēs mollīret mollīrēmus mollīrētis mollīrent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
mollīverim mollīveris mollīverit mollīverimus mollīveritis mollīverint	mollīvissem mollīvissēs mollīvisset mollīvissēmus mollīvissētis mollīvissent
Infinitive present mollīre Infinitive perfect mollīvisse Infinitive future mollītūrum esse	Imperative present mollī mollīte Imperative future mollītō mollītō mollītōte molliuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
mollior mollīris mollītur mollīmur mollīminī molliuntur	molliēbar molliēbāris / molliēbāre molliēbātur molliēbāmur molliēbāminī molliēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
mollītus sum mollītus es mollītus est mollītī sumus mollītī estis mollītī sunt	mollītus eram mollītus erās mollītus erat mollītī erāmus mollītī erātis mollītī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
molliar molliēris / molliēre molliētur molliēmur molliēminī mollientur	mollītus erō mollītus eris mollītus erit mollītī erimus mollītī eritis mollītī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
molliar molliāris / molliāre molliātur molliāmur molliāminī molliantur	mollīrer mollīrēris / mollīrēre mollīrētur mollīrēmur mollīrēminī mollīrentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
mollītus sim mollītus sīs mollītus sit mollītī sīmus mollītī sītis mollītī sint	mollītus essem mollītus essēs mollītus esset mollītī essēmus mollītī essētis mollītī essent
Infinitive present mollīrī Infinitive perfect mollītum esse Infinitive future mollītum īrī	Imperative present mollīre mollīminī Imperative future mollītor mollītor - mollīuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	molliēns	mollientēs
Gen.	mollientis	mollientium
Dat.	mollientī	mollientibus
Acc.	mollientem	mollientēs
Abl.	molliente	mollientibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	mollītūrus	mollītūrī
Gen.	mollītūrī	mollītūrōrum
Dat.	mollītūrō	mollītūrīs
Acc.	mollītūrum	mollītūrōs
Abl.	mollītūrō	mollītūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	mollītus	mollītī
Gen.	mollītī	mollītōrum
Dat.	mollītō	mollītīs
Acc.	mollītum	mollītōs
Abl.	mollītō	mollītīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	molliendus	molliendī
Gen.	molliendī	molliendōrum
Dat.	molliendō	molliendīs
Acc.	molliendum	molliendōs
Abl.	molliendō	molliendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	mollīre	mollītum
Gen.	molliendī	mollītū
Dat.	molliendō
Acc.	molliendum
Abl.	molliendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1127.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "molliō, mollīre, mollīvī, mollītum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 8, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/mollio-mollire-mollivi-mollitum.