mollestra
Latin
Etymology
From molleō (“to be soft”) + -trum (instrumental suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔlˈlɛs.tra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [molˈlɛs.t̪ra]
Noun
mollestra f (genitive mollestrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mollestra | mollestrae |
| genitive | mollestrae | mollestrārum |
| dative | mollestrae | mollestrīs |
| accusative | mollestram | mollestrās |
| ablative | mollestrā | mollestrīs |
| vocative | mollestra | mollestrae |
References
- “mollestra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mollestra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.