English → Latin
“mollify” in Latin
molliōto soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify; to make unmanly or effeminateēmolliōto soften; to enervate; to (take) shelter behindlēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifymītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacifylevōto raise, elevate, lift up; to make light, lighten; to relieve, ease, comfortallevōto lift or set up, raise; to lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce; to sustain, comfort, consolesublevōto lift up or raise (from underneath); to support, sustain, assist or encourage; to lighten or alleviatetemperōto divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate; to combine, compound or blend properly; to rule, regulate, govern, manage, ar
The English word mollify itself goes back to Latin mollis, through mollificō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mollify
To soften, mollire, emollire (rarely mitigare), aliquid; macerare aliquid (by steeping in water, etc.).
To appease, aliquem, alicujus animum, lenire, delinire, mitigare (Cic.); mollire, emollire (Cic., by entreaties); precibus expugnare aliquem.
To assuage, lenire, mitigare, mollire, levare; allevare; sublevare; temperare. SYN. in ALLEVIATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mollify?
- The usual Latin words for “mollify” are molliō, ēmolliō, lēniō; also mītigō, levō, allevō. 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.