mollitia

Latin

Alternative forms

mollities

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /molˈli.ti.a/, [mɔlˈlʲɪt̪iä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈlit.t͡si.a/, [molˈlit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

mollitia f (genitive mollitiae); first declension

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mollitia	mollitiae
Genitive	mollitiae	mollitiārum
Dative	mollitiae	mollitiīs
Accusative	mollitiam	mollitiās
Ablative	mollitiā	mollitiīs
Vocative	mollitia	mollitiae

Synonyms

(softness): molitūdō

Related terms

Descendants

Italian: mollezza
Portuguese: moleza
Romanian: moleață
Spanish: molleza
→ Italian: mollizia
→ Portuguese: molícia

References

“mollitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“mollitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mollitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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