mollio

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

Verb

molliō (present infinitive mollīre, perfect active mollīvī or molliī, supine mollītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify
    Synonyms: mītigō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, commītigō, levō, allevō, alleviō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, compōnō
    Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō
  2. (figuratively) to make unmanly or effeminate
    Synonym: effēminō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of molliō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present molliō mollīs mollit mollīmus mollītis molliunt
imperfect molliēbam molliēbās molliēbat molliēbāmus molliēbātis molliēbant
future molliam molliēs molliet molliēmus molliētis mollient
perfect mollīvī,
molliī 		mollīvistī,
molliistī 		mollīvit,
molliit 		mollīvimus,
molliimus 		mollīvistis,
molliistis 		mollīvērunt,
mollīvēre,
molliērunt,
molliēre
pluperfect mollīveram,
mollieram 		mollīverās,
mollierās 		mollīverat,
mollierat 		mollīverāmus,
mollierāmus 		mollīverātis,
mollierātis 		mollīverant,
mollierant
future perfect mollīverō,
mollierō 		mollīveris,
mollieris 		mollīverit,
mollierit 		mollīverimus,
mollierimus 		mollīveritis,
mollieritis 		mollīverint,
mollierint
passive present mollior mollīris,
mollīre 		mollītur mollīmur mollīminī molliuntur
imperfect molliēbar molliēbāris,
molliēbāre 		molliēbātur molliēbāmur molliēbāminī molliēbantur
future molliar molliēris,
molliēre 		molliētur molliēmur molliēminī mollientur
perfect mollītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect mollītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect mollītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present molliam molliās molliat molliāmus molliātis molliant
imperfect mollīrem mollīrēs mollīret mollīrēmus mollīrētis mollīrent
perfect mollīverim,
mollierim 		mollīverīs,
mollierīs 		mollīverit,
mollierit 		mollīverīmus,
mollierīmus 		mollīverītis,
mollierītis 		mollīverint,
mollierint
pluperfect mollīvissem,
molliissem 		mollīvissēs,
molliissēs 		mollīvisset,
molliisset 		mollīvissēmus,
molliissēmus 		mollīvissētis,
molliissētis 		mollīvissent,
molliissent
passive present molliar molliāris,
molliāre 		molliātur molliāmur molliāminī molliantur
imperfect mollīrer mollīrēris,
mollīrēre 		mollīrētur mollīrēmur mollīrēminī mollīrentur
perfect mollītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect mollītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — mollī — — mollīte —
future — mollītō mollītō — mollītōte molliuntō
passive present — mollīre — — mollīminī —
future — mollītor mollītor — — molliuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present mollīre mollīrī,
mollīrier1 		molliēns —
future mollītūrum esse mollītum īrī mollītūrus molliendus,
molliundus
perfect mollīvisse,
molliisse 		mollītum esse — mollītus
future perfect — mollītum fore — —
perfect potential mollītūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
molliendī molliendō molliendum molliendō mollītum mollītū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: mulir
  • Spanish: mullir
  • Italian: mollire

References

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