mollitia
Latin
Alternative forms
- mollities
Etymology
From mollis (“soft”) + -itia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /molˈli.ti.a/
Noun
mollitia f (genitive mollitiae); first declension
- pliability, flexibility, suppleness
- softness, tenderness, weakness, irresolution
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | 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, mollizia
- Portuguese: moleza, molícia
- Romanian: moleață
- Spanish: molleza
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