mollitia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From mollis (“soft”) + -itia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔlˈlɪ.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [molˈlit̪.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
mollitia f (genitive mollitiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mollitia | mollitiae |
| genitive | mollitiae | mollitiārum |
| dative | mollitiae | mollitiīs |
| accusative | mollitiam | mollitiās |
| ablative | mollitiā | mollitiīs |
| vocative | mollitia | mollitiae |
Synonyms
- (softness): molitūdō
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: mollezza
- Portuguese: moleza
- Romanian: moleață
- Spanish: molleza
- → Italian: mollizia
- → Portuguese: molícia
References
- “mollitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mollitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mollitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.