Latin

Alternative forms

• mollities

Noun

mollitia f ‎(genitive mollitiae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (softness): molitūdō

Related terms

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mollitia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.