mollesco
Latin
Etymology
From mollis (“soft”) + -ēscō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /molˈleːs.koː/, [mɔlˈlʲeːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /molˈles.ko/, [molˈlɛsko]
Verb
mollēscō (present infinitive mollēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- I become soft; I soften.
- (figuratively) I become mild, gentle.
- (figuratively) I become effeminate, unmanly.
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References
- “mollesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mollesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mollesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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