mollestra

Latin

Etymology

From molleō (“to be soft”) +‎ -trum (instrumental suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈles.tra/, [mɔlˈlʲɛs̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈles.tra/, [molˈlɛst̪rä]

Noun

mollestra f (genitive mollestrae); first declension

1. A sheep's felt for wiping helmets

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mollestra	mollestrae
genitive	mollestrae	mollestrārum
dative	mollestrae	mollestrīs
accusative	mollestram	mollestrās
ablative	mollestrā	mollestrīs
vocative	mollestra	mollestrae

References

• “mollestra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mollestra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.