verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
mollēscō
mollēscō (present infinitive mollēscere)
Classical[mɔlˈleːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[molˈlɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to become soft; to soften
- figurativelyto become mild, gentle
- figurativelyto become effeminate, unmanly
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mollis fīōmollēscō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 7 and Metamorphoses I, ch. 2, 20
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mollēscō | mollēscēbam | mollēscam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | mollēscis | mollēscēbās | mollēscēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | mollēscit | mollēscēbat | mollēscet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | mollēscimus | mollēscēbāmus | mollēscēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | mollēscitis | mollēscēbātis | mollēscētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | mollēscunt | mollēscēbant | mollēscent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mollēscam | mollēscerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | mollēscās | mollēscerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | mollēscat | mollēsceret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | mollēscāmus | mollēscerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | mollēscātis | mollēscerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | mollēscant | mollēscerent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | mollēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | mollēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | mollēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | mollēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | mollēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | mollēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | mollēscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | mollēscisse | — |
| present participle | mollēscēns | — |
gerundmollēscendī, mollēscendō, mollēscendum
mollesco, ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [molleo], to become soft, to soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. liquesco).
I. Lit.:
rura colit nemo: mollescunt colla juvencis, Cat. 64, 38: ebur, Ov. M. 10, 283: tactu, Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.—II. Trop.
1. To become soft, mild, or gentle:
tum genus humanum primum mollescere coepit, Lucr. 5, 1014: pectora, Ov. P. 1, 6, 8.—2. To become effeminate, unmanly:
mollescat in undis, Ov. M. 4, 386: ne forte mollescat cor vestrum, Vulg. Jer. 51, 46.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mollēscō —, —, ēre, inch.
mollis, to become soft, soften : ebur, O., Ct.—Fig., to become mild, grow gentle : pectora, O.— To become effeminate, grow unmanly : in undis, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin mollēscō From mollis (“soft”) + -ēscō.
Descendants
- Portugueseamolecer
- Asturianamollecer
- Galicianamolecer
In English words that came into English from mollēscō
- emollescencee