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“mild” in Latin
mollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible, supple; mild, tendermītismild, mellow, mature, ripe; sweet, juicy, succulent; light, fruitful, mellow.; calm, gentle, placidlēnissoft, smooth, gentle, moderate, mild, calm; gradualtemperōto divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate; to combine, compound or blend properly; to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arlevislight, not heavy; easy to digest; quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapidmānsuēscōto tame, render mild, gentle, or peaceable; to become or grow tame, gentle, mild, softclēmēnsmerciful, lenient; mild, gentle, quiet, peaceful, easy, moderate; compliantfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile; ready, quick, easily movingindulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), inplacidusPlacid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, tranquil; Ripe, mellow; Not wild, fruitful, suitable for cultivation
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mild
Soft, smooth, gentle, mollis (not hard or harsh; opposed to durus, acer): mitis (not sharp or severe, opposed to asper): lenis (not violent; opposed to asper, vehemens): temperatus (moderate, not too warm or too cold; of climate and the seasons; opposed to frigidus or calidus): levis (light, not oppressive; opposed to gravis). To call anything by a mild term, molli nomine appellare aliquid: to give a milder name to a thing, lenius nomen alicui rei imponere: to grow or become mild (of winter, etc.) mitescere: to make or render mild, mollem, etc., facere, reddere rem.
Gentle, clement, indulgent, mollis (not hard-hearted, opposed to acer): mitis (not harsh, not severe, gentle, opposed to asper): lenis (gentle; opposed to vehemens, asper, acer): mansuetus (opposed to ferus, immanis): clemens (merciful and lenient; opposed to severus, crudelis): misencors (compassionate; opposed to durus): facilis (easy): indulgens (indulgent, opposed to acerbus et severus): placidus (calm; opposed to fervidus, iracundus): benignus (kind): beneficus (beneficent). (The words are found in this connection and order.) mitis et mansuetus (opposed to ferus et immanis): lenis et mansuetus (opposed to vehemens et atrox): clemens et misericors (opposed to crudelis et durus): clemens et mansuetus (opposed to crudelis et inhumanus): placidus et lenis. Mild manners, mores placidi; mores temperati et moderati: a mild rebuke, castigatio clemens; to pass a mild judgement on anyone, se clementem in aliquem praebere (general term; also as a judge): clementer scribere de aliquo (in a letter): in a mild manner, leniter; clementer; benigne: to make or render mild mollem, etc., facere, reddere.
Not harsh in flavor, mollis (not pungent; opposed to acer): mitis (not sour; the proper word of fruit that is ripe or mellow; opposed to acerbus; ☞ Gesn., Varr., R.R., 1, 68): lenis (opposed to asper and acer; of wine and food): dulcis (sweet; opposed to austerus, of drink). To make or render mild, mollire; mitigare; lenire: to become mild (of fruit), mitescere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mild?
- The usual Latin words for “mild” are mollis, mītis, lēnis; also temperō, levis, mānsuēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.