mollitudo

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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.

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

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.