mollesco

== Latin == === Etymology === From mollis (“soft”) + -ēscō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔlˈleːs.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [molˈlɛs.ko] === Verb === mollēscō (present infinitive mollēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems to become soft; to soften (figuratively) to become mild, gentle (figuratively) to become effeminate, unmanly ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== remollēscō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: amollecer Galician: amolecer Portuguese: amolecer === References === “mollesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mollesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “mollesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.