molcere
Italian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editSemi-learned borrowing from Latin mulcēre, with change of conjugation.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmólcere (third-person only, third-person singular present mólce, third-person singular past historic mólse, no past participle, no future)
- (transitive) to soothe, comfort, assuage
Usage notes
edit- The various sources differ slightly on which forms are attested but all agree the verb is highly defective. Treccani and Hoepli mention some first-person forms, but DOP specifically says mai nella 1a pers., mai nei tempi composti (“never in the first person, never in the composed tenses”), so the first-person forms given may be mistakes for third-person forms.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of mólcere (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | mólcere | |||||
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auxiliary verb | — | gerund | molcèndo | |||
present participle | — | past participle | — | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | — | — | mólce | — | — | — |
imperfect | — | — | molcéva | — | — | — |
past historic | — | — | mólse | — | — | — |
future | — | — | — | — | — | — |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | — | — | mólca | — | — | mólcano |
imperfect | — | — | molcésse | — | — | — |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
negative imperative | — | — | — | — | — |
Further reading
edit- molcere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- molcere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- molcere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
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