mollio

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

Verb

molliō (present infinitive mollīre, perfect active mollīvī or molliī, supine mollītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate
    Synonyms: mītigō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, commītigō, levō, allevō, alleviō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, compōnō
    Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō
  2. (figuratively) to make unmanly or effeminate
    Synonym: effēminō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of molliō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present molliō mollīs mollit mollīmus mollītis molliunt
imperfect molliēbam molliēbās molliēbat molliēbāmus molliēbātis molliēbant
future molliam molliēs molliet molliēmus molliētis mollient
perfect mollīvī,
molliī		 mollīvistī,
molliistī		 mollīvit,
molliit		 mollīvimus,
molliimus		 mollīvistis,
molliistis		 mollīvērunt,
mollīvēre,
molliērunt,
molliēre
pluperfect mollīveram,
mollieram		 mollīverās,
mollierās		 mollīverat,
mollierat		 mollīverāmus,
mollierāmus		 mollīverātis,
mollierātis		 mollīverant,
mollierant
future perfect mollīverō,
mollierō		 mollīveris,
mollieris		 mollīverit,
mollierit		 mollīverimus,
mollierimus		 mollīveritis,
mollieritis		 mollīverint,
mollierint
passive present mollior mollīris,
mollīre		 mollītur mollīmur mollīminī molliuntur
imperfect molliēbar molliēbāris,
molliēbāre		 molliēbātur molliēbāmur molliēbāminī molliēbantur
future molliar molliēris,
molliēre		 molliētur molliēmur molliēminī mollientur
perfect mollītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect mollītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect mollītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present molliam molliās molliat molliāmus molliātis molliant
imperfect mollīrem mollīrēs mollīret mollīrēmus mollīrētis mollīrent
perfect mollīverim,
mollierim		 mollīverīs,
mollierīs		 mollīverit,
mollierit		 mollīverīmus,
mollierīmus		 mollīverītis,
mollierītis		 mollīverint,
mollierint
pluperfect mollīvissem,
molliissem		 mollīvissēs,
molliissēs		 mollīvisset,
molliisset		 mollīvissēmus,
molliissēmus		 mollīvissētis,
molliissētis		 mollīvissent,
molliissent
passive present molliar molliāris,
molliāre		 molliātur molliāmur molliāminī molliantur
imperfect mollīrer mollīrēris,
mollīrēre		 mollīrētur mollīrēmur mollīrēminī mollīrentur
perfect mollītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect mollītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — mollī — — mollīte —
future — mollītō mollītō — mollītōte molliuntō
passive present — mollīre — — mollīminī —
future — mollītor mollītor — — molliuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mollīre mollīvisse,
molliisse		 mollītūrum esse mollīrī,
mollīrier1		 mollītum esse mollītum īrī
participles molliēns — mollītūrus — mollītus molliendus,
molliundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
molliendī molliendō molliendum molliendō mollītum mollītū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Galician: mulir
  • Spanish: mullir
  • → Italian: mollire

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