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M / mollĭtūdo
noun

mollĭtūdo

gen. mollĭtūdĭnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
suppleness, flexibility, softness
suppleness, flexibility, softness (class.).
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Lit.: mollitudo vocis, flexibility of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20: manuum, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13: assimilis spongiis mollitudo, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: viarum, Vitr. 10, 6 init.; 10, 2, 11.—
softness, susceptibility, weakness figuratively •
Trop., softness, susceptibility, weakness: humanitatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: corrumpi mollitudine vitiorum, Arn. 2, 64.
Perseus ID: n29484 Key: mollitudo