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molliter

molliter is a Latin form of mollis, meaning “soft, gentle”. It is the adverb.

Found 68 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.64: … hibebat, quibus demptis negat se Epicurus intellegere quid sit bonum. aberat omnis dolor, qui si adesset, nec molliter ferret et tamen medicis plus quam philosophis uteretur. color egregius, integra valitudo, summa gratia, vita …

Ovid, Amores 2.4.23: Molliter incedit — motu capit; altera dura est —

Ovid, Tristia 3.3.76: DICERE. NASONIS . MOLLITER. OSSA . CVBENT

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.