mollitudo

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mol.liˈtuː.doː/, [mɔlːʲɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mol.liˈtu.do/, [molːiˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

mollitūdō f (genitive mollitūdinis); third declension

1. suppleness, flexibility
2. softness, susceptibility, weakness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mollitūdō	mollitūdinēs
Genitive	mollitūdinis	mollitūdinum
Dative	mollitūdinī	mollitūdinibus
Accusative	mollitūdinem	mollitūdinēs
Ablative	mollitūdine	mollitūdinibus
Vocative	mollitūdō	mollitūdinēs

Synonyms

• (suppleness): mollitia
• (softness, weakness): mollitia

Related terms

• molle
• mollicellus
• mollicomus
• molliculus
• mollicīna
• mollificus
• mollificō
• mollipēs
• mollis
• molliter
• mollitia
• mollitōrius
• molliō
• mollusca
• molluscum
• molluscus
• mollēscō
• mollīmentum
• mollītus

 

References

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