mollitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of molliō (“soften, mitigate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈliː.tus/, [mɔlˈlʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈli.tus/, [molˈliːt̪us]

Participle

mollītus (feminine mollīta, neuter mollītum); first/second-declension participle

1. softened, having been softened
2. calmed, moderated, having been mitigated
3. (figuratively) having been made unmanly or effeminate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mollītus	mollīta	mollītum		mollītī	mollītae	mollīta
Genitive	mollītī	mollītae	mollītī		mollītōrum	mollītārum	mollītōrum
Dative	mollītō		mollītō		mollītīs
Accusative	mollītum	mollītam	mollītum		mollītōs	mollītās	mollīta
Ablative	mollītō	mollītā	mollītō		mollītīs
Vocative	mollīte	mollīta	mollītum		mollītī	mollītae	mollīta

References

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