mītigō āvī, ātus, āre mitis+1 AG-, to soften, make tender, ripen, mellow, tame: fruges: cibum, soften (by cooking): agros, make fruitful: flammis et ferro agrum, clear, H.

—Fig., to make gentle, pacify, soothe, calm, assuage, appease, mitigate: istorum animos: te aetas mitigabit: iras, O.: legis acerbitatem: perfidiam meritis, disarm, Cu.: Lampsacenos in istum, appease the anger of.