SOFT Copy link • SOFTPROP., mollis (not hard; opposed to durus): tener (tender; opposed to asper): mitis (gentle, mild). Very soft, praemollis: soft-boiled eggs, ova mollia or sorbilia. A soft hand, manus mollis (Ov.). A soft voice, vox lenis: a soft air, aër tepidus. [Vid :, also, GENTLE, MILD.] to grow soft [Vid: SOFTEN]. Figuratively, mollis: tener.