mollicellus

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mol.liˈkel.lus/, [mɔlːʲɪˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mol.liˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [molːiˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

Adjective

mollicellus (feminine mollicella, neuter mollicellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (poetic) soft, tender, delicate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mollicellus	mollicella	mollicellum		mollicellī	mollicellae	mollicella
Genitive	mollicellī	mollicellae	mollicellī		mollicellōrum	mollicellārum	mollicellōrum
Dative	mollicellō		mollicellō		mollicellīs
Accusative	mollicellum	mollicellam	mollicellum		mollicellōs	mollicellās	mollicella
Ablative	mollicellō	mollicellā	mollicellō		mollicellīs
Vocative	mollicelle	mollicella	mollicellum		mollicellī	mollicellae	mollicella

Synonyms

• (soft): molliculus, mollis

Related terms

• ēmolliō
• molle
• mollēscō
• mollicīna
• mollicomus

• molliculus
• mollificō
• mollificus
• mollīmentum
• molliō

• mollis
• mollipēs
• molliter
• mollitia
• mollitōrius

• mollitūdō
• mollītus
• mollusca
• molluscum
• molluscus

Descendants

• Romanian: molicel

References

• “mollicellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mollicellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mollicellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• mollicellus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016