verb transitive

rĕ-mollio

2nd PP rĕ-mollīre · 3rd PP rĕ-mollītum · conj. 4th

to make soft again; to make soft; soften poetic

perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to make soft again, to make soft, soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

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Lit.: terram, Col. 2, 11, 9: grana umore remollita, App. Herb. 3, 9: quare ... Salmacis enervet tactosque remolliat artus, softens, weakens, Ov. M. 4, 286.—

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Trop.: eo se inhibitum ac remolitum, quo minus, ut destinarat, etc., softened, mollified, Suet. Aug. 79.

Perseus ID: n41056 Key: remollio