mollitia

Latin

Alternative forms

• mollities

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /molˈli.ti.a/, [mɔlˈlʲɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈlit.t͡si.a/, [molˈlit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

mollitia f (genitive mollitiae); first declension

1. pliability, flexibility, suppleness
2. softness, tenderness, weakness, irresolution

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mollitia	mollitiae
genitive	mollitiae	mollitiārum
dative	mollitiae	mollitiīs
accusative	mollitiam	mollitiās
ablative	mollitiā	mollitiīs
vocative	mollitia	mollitiae

Synonyms

• (softness): molitūdō

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Italian: mollezza
• Portuguese: moleza
• Romanian: moleață
• Spanish: molleza
• → Italian: mollizia
• → Portuguese: molícia

References

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