verb intransitive

rĕ-mollesco

2nd PP rĕ-mollescĕre · conj. 3rd

to become soft again; to become; grow soft

v. inch. n., to become soft again, to become or grow soft (class.).

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Lit.: ut Hymettia sole Cera remollescit, softens, Ov. M. 10, 285: sole remollescit quae frigore constitit unda, i. e. melts, id. ib. 9, 661.—

to be enervated figuratively •

Trop.: quod ea re (vino) ad laborem ferendum remollescere homines atque effeminari arbitrantur, to be enervated, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.: si precibus numina justis Victa remollescunt, are softened, touched, Ov. M. 1, 378.

Perseus ID: n41055 Key: remollesco