mollĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [mollis], suppleness, flexibility, softness (class.).
I 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.—
II Trop., softness, susceptibility, weakness : humanitatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: corrumpi mollitudine vitiorum, Arn. 2, 64.