rĕ-mollesco
rĕ-mollesco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to become soft again, to become or grow soft (class.). Lit.: ut Hymettia sole Cera remollescit, softens, Ov. M. 10, 285: sole remollescit quae frigore constitit unda, i. e. melts, id. ib. 9, 661.— Trop.: quod ea re (vino) ad laborem ferendum remollescere homines atque effeminari arbitrantur, to be enervated, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.: si precibus numina justis Victa remollescunt, are softened, touched, Ov. M. 1, 378.
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Headword (normalized):
rĕ-mollesco
Headword (normalized/stripped):
re-mollesco
Intro Text:
rĕ-mollesco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to become soft again, to become or grow soft (class.). Lit.: ut Hymettia sole Cera remollescit, softens, Ov. M. 10, 285: sole remollescit quae frigore constitit unda, i. e. melts, id. ib. 9, 661.— Trop.: quod ea re (vino) ad laborem ferendum remollescere homines atque effeminari arbitrantur, to be enervated, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.: si precibus numina justis Victa remollescunt, are softened, touched, Ov. M. 1, 378.
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