mollitus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of molliō (“soften, mitigate”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈliː.tus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈli.tus/,

Participle

mollītus (feminine mollīta, neuter mollītum); first/second-declension participle

softened, having been softened
calmed, moderated, having been mitigated
(figuratively) having been made unmanly or effeminate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	mollītus	mollīta	mollītum		mollītī	mollītae	mollīta
genitive	mollītī	mollītae	mollītī		mollītōrum	mollītārum	mollītōrum
dative	mollītō	mollītae	mollītō		mollītīs
accusative	mollītum	mollītam	mollītum		mollītōs	mollītās	mollīta
ablative	mollītō	mollītā	mollītō		mollītīs
vocative	mollīte	mollīta	mollītum		mollītī	mollītae	mollīta

References

“mollitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“mollitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mollitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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