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 stems

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 passive, no perfect or supine stems)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mollēscere			—			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.