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verb intransitive

mollesco

2nd PP mollescĕre · conj. 3rd
to become soft, to soften poetic
v. inch. n. [molleo], to become soft, to soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. liquesco).
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Lit.: rura colit nemo: mollescunt colla juvencis, Cat. 64, 38: ebur, Ov. M. 10, 283: tactu, Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.—
figuratively
To become soft, mild; gentle •
To become soft, mild, or gentle: tum genus humanum primum mollescere coepit, Lucr. 5, 1014: pectora, Ov. P. 1, 6, 8.—
To become effeminate, unmanly •
To become effeminate, unmanly: mollescat in undis, Ov. M. 4, 386: ne forte mollescat cor vestrum, Vulg. Jer. 51, 46.
Perseus ID: n29467 Key: mollesco