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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• soft (adj.):
    1. I. To the touch:
      1. 1. mollis (soft, yielding: opp. to durus): quid magis est saxo durum? quid mollius unda? Ov. A. A. 1, 476: Hor.: Virg.: s. wax, m. cera, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177: s. egg, m. ovum, ovum m. vel sorbile (that may be sucked up), Cels. 2, 18, post med.: the s. part of bread (i. e. crumb), mollia panis, Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 82: somewhat s., molliculus, Plaut.: mollicellus, Cat.: very s., permollis, Quint.: praemollis, Plin.
      2. 2. lēnis, mollis, tĕner (smooth, delicate): lenis, opp. gen. to asper, Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36: s. hand, cheeks, hair, mollis manus, genae, capilli, Ov.: s. down, tenera lanugo, Virg. E. 2, 51. Fig.: tenerae virgines, Hor. Od. 1, 21, 1: mollibus annis, Ov. H. 1, 111: v. tender.
      3. 3. mītis (of fruit, mellow): v. mellow.
      4. 4. mollis, lentus (supple): m. juncus, acanthus, Virg. Hence of the s. outline of statues: Myron made statues of s.er (i. e. more graceful) outline, molliora signa Myron fecit, Quint. 12, 10, 7: v. flexible. Phr.: s. water (= rain-water), aqua pluvialis, Cels. 2, 18, ad fin.
    2. II. To some other sense:
      1. 1. mollis, dēlĭcātus (of the voice): Join: m. et d. in cantu flexiones, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98.
      2. 2. lēnis. Of taste: vinum lenius, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 50. Of colour: a very pleasing and s. colour, suavior et lenior color, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140. Of sleep: l. somnus, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 21.
      3. 3. mollis, lēnis, tempĕrātus, mītis, clēmens, tĕpĭdus (s., mild, gentle): a s. touch, m. tactus, Ov. Pont. 2, 7, 13: cf. m. zephyri, m. hiems, m. aestas: Ov.: Virg.: Tibull.: a s. climate, m. coelum, Flor. 1, 16, init.: cf. loca temperatiora, Caes. B. G. 5, 12: a s. air, tepidus aer, Ov. F. 1, 155. So lenis aura, ventus, spiritus, etc.: Virg.: Tibull.: Hor.: v. mild, gentle (II.). Fig.: s. repose, m. quies, Lucr. 4, 990: cf. lenis somnus, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 21. Of motion: placidus, tacitus, etc.: v. calm, silent, noiseless.
    3. III. Fig.: s., yielding (of the mind and character):
      1. 1. flexĭbĭlis, făcĭlis, mollis (in good or bad sense, acc. to the context): Join: lenis et facilis, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9: v. pliant.
      2. 2. vŏluptārius, effēmĭnātus, dēlĭcātus, mollis (s., effeminate). Join: voluptaria, delicata, mollis disciplina, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: cf. delicatior molliorque ratio, ib. 5, 5, 12. (N.B.--For s. = weak in intellect: v. silly.)
      3. 3. tĕner, mollis (of flowing discourse): he gave eloquence a s. and tender air, orationem mollem teneramque reddidit, Cic. Brut. 9, 38: cf. oratio m. et t. et flexibilis, id. Or. 16, 52.
      4. 4. mītis, clēmens, mansuētus, lēnis (gentle, forbearing, not severe). Join: mitis et mansuetus, opp. ferus et immanis, Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: mitis et misericors, Cic.: mitissimus atque lenissimus, Cic.: v. mild, gentle, kind.
    4. IV. Tender, winning, persuasive: mollis, blandus: a stubborn breast is overcome by s. entreaty, vincuntur molli pectora dura prece, Tib. 3, 4, 76: to soothe by s. words, verbis mollibus lenire, Hor. Epod. 5, 83: cf. blanda prece, Tib. 3, 6, 46: b. verba, Ov. M. 2, 575.
    5. V. Low, not loud (of the voice, speech, etc.): submissus, plăcĭdus, lēnis: vox s. leniter, opp. vox contenta atrociter, Cic. Or. 17, 56. Join: oratio placida, submissa, lenis, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SOFT
  • PROP., 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.