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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• softness:
    1. I. As physical quality:
      1. 1. mollĭtia or mollĭties, ei: Cic.
      2. 2. mollĭtūdo (more rare): s. resembling sponges, m. assimilis spongiis, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: s. (i. e. flexibility) of the voice, m. vocis, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20: v. flexibility.
      3. 3. tĕnĕrĭtas: s. of grapes, t. uvarum, Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 100. Join: t. et mollities (fig.), Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.
      4. 4. tĕnĕrĭtūdo (of the earth), Varr. R. R. 1, 36.
      5. 5. lēnĭtas: l. vini, opp. asperitas: Plin.: cf. l. vocis, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182: the s. of the green hue of the emerald, smaragdi viridis lenitas, Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63: cf. color leniter blandus, id. 37, 9, 40, § 122.
    2. II. Sensitiveness:
      1. 1. mollĭtia: Join: s. and gentleness of mind, mollitia ac lenitas, Cic. Sull. 6, 18.
      2. 2. mollĭtūdo: s. of refinement, m. humanitatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: v. sensitiveness, susceptibility.
    3. III. Mildness, civility: făcĭlĭtas: lēnĭtas: lenitas, opp. severitas, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: v. good-nature, gentleness.
    4. IV. Weakness, irresolution: mollĭties, mollĭtia: Join: mollitia et inertia animi, Sall. C. 52: m. socordiaque, id. J. 70: v. fickleness.
    5. V. Unmanly softness, effeminacy: mollĭtia, mollĭties: v. effeminacy.