remollio

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

rĕ-mollio, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to make soft again, to make soft, soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I 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.—

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

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