Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1127.mollis on page 1127
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mollis soft
mollis is a Latin Adjective that primarily means soft.
Definitions for mollis
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
soft, mild, weak
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Yielding to the touch, soft. (b) soft (with cushions or sim. covering; also with grass). (c) (applied to food, usu. as term of commendation). (c) (applied as a comparative term to things normally considered as hard). (e) (used to describe the class cephalopoda).
- 2
(of the body or its parts) Lacking firmness, soft, flabby, flaccid.
- 3
Soft, tender: (a) (as typical of women; also of emasculated males). (b) (as typical of youth). (c) (of statues, as giving the illusion of real flesh).
- 4
Supple, flexible, loose, pliant: (a) (of the body or its parts). (b) (of other things).
- 5
(of persons) Physically weak, feeble.
Sentences with mollis
Latin to English
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.Compare There is no easy way to the stars from earth.
Ut ad bella suscipienda Gallorum alacer ac promptus est animus, sic mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas mens eorum est.Compare While it is in the character of the Gauls to be quick and eager to go to war, their minds are weak and lacking in resistance to disaster.
Munera ne poscas: det munera canus amator, ut foveat molli frigida membra sinu. Carior est auro iuvenis, cui levia fulgent ora nec amplexus aspera barba terit.Compare Never ask for gifts: let a white-haired lover offer them in order to warm his cold limbs against a soft bosom. More precious than gold is a young man: his face is shiny smooth with no beard to scratch in embrace.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 481.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1127.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "mollis, molle (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/mollis-molle.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 481.on page 481
