mollicellus

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Latin

Etymology

From mollis (soft).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (poetic) soft, tender, delicate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Synonyms

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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016