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mollesco

to become soft, to soften

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What it meant

mollesco — Lewis & Short

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.

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