mollitorius

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mol.liˈtoː.ri.us/, [mɔlːʲɪˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mol.liˈto.ri.us/, [molːiˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

mollitōrius (feminine mollitōria, neuter mollitōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. emollient, softening

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mollitōrius	mollitōria	mollitōrium		mollitōriī	mollitōriae	mollitōria
genitive	mollitōriī	mollitōriae	mollitōriī		mollitōriōrum	mollitōriārum	mollitōriōrum
dative	mollitōriō	mollitōriae	mollitōriō		mollitōriīs
accusative	mollitōrium	mollitōriam	mollitōrium		mollitōriōs	mollitōriās	mollitōria
ablative	mollitōriō	mollitōriā	mollitōriō		mollitōriīs
vocative	mollitōrie	mollitōria	mollitōrium		mollitōriī	mollitōriae	mollitōria

Related terms

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

References

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