molli

molli is a Latin form of mollis, meaning “soft, gentle”. It is the ablative singular masculine adjective or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of mollio, “soften; calm, soothe; (mollis) soft, gentle, weak”.

Found 155 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.9.1: … qui praesidio navibus essent, de tertia vigilia ad hostes contendit, eo minus veritus navibus, quod in litore molli atque aperto deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat,

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.49: … atem intuentes non dubitant dicere: Tu quóque, Ulixes, quamquám graviter Cernímus ictum, nimis paéne animo es Mollí, qui consuetús in armis Aevom ágere intellegit poëta prudens ferendi doloris consuetudinem esse non contemnen …

Martial, Epigrammata 12.97.9: Molli pollice nec rogata surgit.

All forms of mollis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.