mollesco

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Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

mollēscō (present infinitive mollēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to become soft; to soften
  2. (figuratively) to become mild, gentle
  3. (figuratively) to become effeminate, unmanly

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mollēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mollēscō mollēscis mollēscit mollēscimus mollēscitis mollēscunt
imperfect mollēscēbam mollēscēbās mollēscēbat mollēscēbāmus mollēscēbātis mollēscēbant
future mollēscam mollēscēs mollēscet mollēscēmus mollēscētis mollēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mollēscam mollēscās mollēscat mollēscāmus mollēscātis mollēscant
imperfect mollēscerem mollēscerēs mollēsceret mollēscerēmus mollēscerētis mollēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — mollēsce — — mollēscite —
future — mollēscitō mollēscitō — mollēscitōte mollēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mollēscere — — — — —
participles mollēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
mollēscendī mollēscendō mollēscendum mollēscendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: amolecer
  • Portuguese: amolecer

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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