mollesco

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈleːs.koː/, [mɔlˈlʲeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈles.ko/, [molˈlɛsko]

Verb

mollēscō (present infinitive mollēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to become soft; to soften
2. (figuratively) to become mild, gentle
3. (figuratively) to become effeminate, unmanly

Conjugation

Conjugation of mollēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mollēscō	mollēscis	mollēscit	mollēscimus	mollēscitis	mollēscunt
	imperfect	mollēscēbam	mollēscēbās	mollēscēbat	mollēscēbāmus	mollēscēbātis	mollēscēbant
	future	mollēscam	mollēscēs	mollēscet	mollēscēmus	mollēscētis	mollēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mollēscam	mollēscās	mollēscat	mollēscāmus	mollēscātis	mollēscant
	imperfect	mollēscerem	mollēscerēs	mollēsceret	mollēscerēmus	mollēscerētis	mollēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mollēsce	—	—	mollēscite	—
	future	—	mollēscitō	mollēscitō	—	mollēscitōte	mollēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mollēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		mollēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mollēscendī	mollēscendō	mollēscendum	mollēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• remollēscō

Related terms

• ēmolliō
• molle
• mollicellus
• mollicīna
• mollicomus
• molliculus
• mollificō
• mollificus
• mollīmentum
• molliō
• mollipēs
• mollis
• molliter
• mollitia
• mollitōrius
• mollitūdō
• mollītus
• mollusca
• molluscum
• molluscus

Descendants

• Galician: amolecer
• Portuguese: amolecer

References

• “mollesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mollesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mollesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.