softness
softness
subs.
P. μαλακότης, ἡ (Plat.), ἁπαλότης, ἡ (Plat.).
Suppleness: P. ὑγρότης, ἡ.
Effeminacy: P. and V. τρῠφή, ἡ, ἁβρότης, ἡ, P. μαλακία, ἡ.
Quiet: Ar. and P. ἡσῠχία, ἡ.
Folly: P. εὐήθεια, ἡ, V. εὐηθία, ἡ.
subs.
P. μαλακότης, ἡ (Plat.), ἁπαλότης, ἡ (Plat.).
Suppleness: P. ὑγρότης, ἡ.
Effeminacy: P. and V. τρῠφή, ἡ, ἁβρότης, ἡ, P. μαλακία, ἡ.
Quiet: Ar. and P. ἡσῠχία, ἡ.
Folly: P. εὐήθεια, ἡ, V. εὐηθία, ἡ.
SOFTNESS
mollitia: mollitudo (as an abiding quality).
mollitia: mollitudo (as an abiding quality).
softness:
I. As physical quality:
1. mollĭtia or mollĭties, ei: Cic.
2. mollĭtūdo (more rare): s. resembling sponges, m. assimilis spongiis, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: s. (i. e. flexibility) of the voice, m. vocis, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20: v. FLEXIBILITY .
3. tĕnĕrĭtas: s. of grapes, t. uvarum, Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 100. Join: t. et mollities (fig.), Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.
4. tĕnĕrĭtūdo (of the earth), Varr. R. R. 1, 36.
5. lēnĭtas: l. vini, opp. asperitas: Plin.: cf. l. vocis, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182: the s. of the green hue of the emerald, smaragdi viridis lenitas, Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63: cf. color leniter blandus, id. 37, 9, 40, § 122.
II. Sensitiveness:
1. mollĭtia: Join: s. and gentleness of mind, mollitia ac lenitas, Cic. Sull. 6, 18.
2. mollĭtūdo: s. of refinement, m. humanitatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: v.SENSITIVENESS , SUSCEPTIBILITY .
III. Mildness, civility: făcĭlĭtas: lēnĭtas: lenitas, opp. severitas, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: v.GOOD-NATURE , GENTLENESS .
IV. Weakness, irresolution: mollĭties, mollĭtia: Join: mollitia et inertia animi, Sall. C. 52: m. socordiaque, id. J. 70: v.FICKLENESS .
V. Unmanly softness, effeminacy: mollĭtia, mollĭties: v.EFFEMINACY .
I. As physical quality:
1. mollĭtia or mollĭties, ei: Cic.
2. mollĭtūdo (more rare): s. resembling sponges, m. assimilis spongiis, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: s. (
3. tĕnĕrĭtas: s. of grapes, t. uvarum, Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 100. Join: t. et mollities (fig.), Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.
4. tĕnĕrĭtūdo (of the earth), Varr. R. R. 1, 36.
5. lēnĭtas: l. vini, opp. asperitas: Plin.: cf. l. vocis, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182: the s. of the green hue of the emerald, smaragdi viridis lenitas, Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63: cf. color leniter blandus, id. 37, 9, 40, § 122.
II. Sensitiveness:
1. mollĭtia: Join: s. and gentleness of mind, mollitia ac lenitas, Cic. Sull. 6, 18.
2. mollĭtūdo: s. of refinement, m. humanitatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: v.
III. Mildness, civility: făcĭlĭtas: lēnĭtas: lenitas, opp. severitas, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: v.
IV. Weakness, irresolution: mollĭties, mollĭtia: Join: mollitia et inertia animi, Sall. C. 52: m. socordiaque, id. J. 70: v.
V. Unmanly softness, effeminacy: mollĭtia, mollĭties: v.