malacisso

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mălăcisso, 1,

v a. , = μαλακίζω, to render soft or supple, to soften, make pliable (ante-class. and post-Aug.): malacissandus es, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 31: articulos, v. l. Sen. Ep. 66, 53 dub. (Haase, malaxandos).