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LNS

mollescō, mollescere, -, -

molleo

verb (3^rd conjugation)

to become soft, to soften
To become soft, mild, gentle
To become effeminate, unmanly

Abbreviations

mollesco, ere, v. inch. n. [molleo], to become soft, to soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. liquesco). Lit.: rura colit nemo: mollescunt colla juvencis, Cat. 64, 38: ebur, Ov. M. 10, 283: tactu, Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.

— Trop. To become soft, mild, or gentle: tum genus humanum primum mollescere coepit, Lucr. 5, 1014: pectora, Ov. P. 1, 6, 8.

— To become effeminate, unmanly: mollescat in undis, Ov. M. 4, 386: ne forte mollescat cor vestrum, Vulg. Jer. 51, 46.