LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

mollitia

mollitia f (genitive mollitiae)
Classical[mɔlˈlɪ.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[molˈlit.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininepliability, flexibility, suppleness
  2. femininesoftness, tenderness, weakness, irresolution

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemollitia
mollicia		mollitiae
molliciae
genitivemollitiae
molliciae		mollitiārum
molliciārum
dativemollitiae
molliciae		mollitiīs
molliciīs
accusativemollitiam
molliciam		mollitiās
molliciās
ablativemollitiā
molliciā		mollitiīs
molliciīs
vocativemollitia
mollicia		mollitiae
molliciae

mollĭtĭa (mollĭcĭa), ae, f., and mol-lĭtĭes (mollĭcĭes), ēi, f. mollis,
I. movableness, pliability, flexibility, suppleness; softness (class.).
I. Lit.: mollitia cervicum, Cic. Or. 18, 59: lapidis, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 162: lanae, id. 19, 3, 18, § 48: carnis, id. 9, 17, 28, § 61: teneritas et mollitia quaedam, Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.—
II. Trop., softness, tenderness, susceptibility; weakness, irresolution; effeminacy, voluptuousness, wantonness (cf.: inertia, desidia): quā mollitiā sum animi ac lenitate, numquam mehercule illius lacrimis ac precibus restitissem, Cic. Sull. 6, 18: agilitas mollitiesque naturae, sensitive disposition, id. Att. 1, 17, 4: frontis, bashfulness, Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6: animi est ista mollities, non virtus, inopiam paulisper ferre non posse, weakness, irresolution, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: Niciae, Cic. Att. 12, 26, 2: inertiā et mollitiā animi, Sall. C. 52, 28: mollitia socordiaque, id. J. 70, 5: in munditiis, mollitiis deliciisque aetatulam agere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 40: civitatum mores lapsi ad mollitiam, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38: mollities luxuriaque, Just. 1, 7, 13: vocis, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 441: Maecenas otio ac mollitiis paene ultra feminam fluens, Vell. 2, 88, 2; id. 1, 6, 2.—Esp., unchastity, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106: corporis, Tac. A. 11, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin mollitia From mollis (“soft”) + -itia.

Descendants
  • Italianmollezza
  • Portuguesemoleza
  • Romanianmoleață
  • Spanishmolleza
  • Italianmollizia
  • Portuguesemolícia

Quick answers

What does mollitia mean in Latin?
mollitia, a noun, means “pliability, flexibility, suppleness; softness, tenderness, weakness, irresolution”.
What is the genitive of mollitia?
The genitive singular is mollitiae. mollitia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce mollitia?
In classical Latin, [mɔlˈlɪ.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [molˈlit.t͡si.a].