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French[edit]
Verb[edit]
mollis
- first-person singular present indicative of mollir
- second-person singular present indicative of mollir
- first-person singular past historic of mollir
- second-person singular past historic of mollir
- second-person singular imperative of mollir
Participle[edit]
mollis
- masculine plural of the past participle of mollir
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). Cognates include Latin mola, blandus, mortārium, Old Prussian maldai (“boys”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “young”), Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”), Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk, “soft, weak”), Ancient Greek βλαδύς (bladús, “weak”) and ἀμαλδύνω (amaldúnō, “to weaken, destroy”). More at mild.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mollis (neuter molle); third declension
- soft, delicate to the touch
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Matthaeus.11.8:
- sed quid existis videre hominem mollibus vestitum ecce qui mollibus vestiuntur in domibus regum sunt
- But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
- sed quid existis videre hominem mollibus vestitum ecce qui mollibus vestiuntur in domibus regum sunt
- pliant, flexible, supple
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.26:
- diligentior cura mollia panis fermentati colat aqua fervente
- Those who take the most care boil the soft part of leavened bread then strain off the water;
- diligentior cura mollia panis fermentati colat aqua fervente
- mild, tender
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbia.15.1:
- responsio mollis frangit iram sermo durus suscitat furorem
- A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
- responsio mollis frangit iram sermo durus suscitat furorem
- tender, weak
- (New Latin) Used as a species epithet.
Inflection[edit]
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | mollis | molle | mollēs | mollia | |
Genitive | mollis | mollium | |||
Dative | mollī | mollibus | |||
Accusative | mollem | molle | mollēs, mollīs | mollia | |
Ablative | mollī | mollibus | |||
Vocative | mollis | molle | mollēs | mollia |
- comparative: mollior, superlative: mollissimus
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- mollis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mollis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mollis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- mollis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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