molliculus

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈli.ku.lus/, [mɔlˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈli.ku.lus/, [molˈliːkulus]

Adjective

molliculus (feminine mollicula, neuter molliculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of mollis
   1. soft, tender, delicate
   2. voluptuous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	molliculus	mollicula	molliculum		molliculī	molliculae	mollicula
Genitive	molliculī	molliculae	molliculī		molliculōrum	molliculārum	molliculōrum
Dative	molliculō		molliculō		molliculīs
Accusative	molliculum	molliculam	molliculum		molliculōs	molliculās	mollicula
Ablative	molliculō	molliculā	molliculō		molliculīs
Vocative	mollicule	mollicula	molliculum		molliculī	molliculae	mollicula

Synonyms

• (soft): mollicellus, mollis

Related terms

• ēmolliō
• molle
• mollēscō
• mollicellus
• mollicīna
• mollicomus
• mollificō
• mollificus
• mollīmentum
• molliō
• mollis
• mollipēs
• molliter
• mollitia
• mollitōrius
• mollitūdō
• mollītus
• mollusca
• molluscum
• molluscus

References

• “molliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “molliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• molliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “molliculus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray