mollisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈmɔl.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈmɔl.lis]

形容詞

mollis (neuter molle, comparative mollior, superlative mollissimus, adverb molliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. soft, delicate to the touch
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Matthaeus.11.8:

     Sed quid existis videre hominem mollibus vestitum ecce qui mollibus vestiuntur in domibus regum sunt.

     But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

2. pliant, flexible, supple
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.26:

     Diligentior cura mollia panis fermentati colat aqua fervente.

     Those who take the most care boil the soft part of leavened bread then strain off the water;

3. mild, tender

   Synonyms: placidus, mītis, clēmēns, lēnis

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbia.15.1:

     Responsio mollis frangit iram sermo durus suscitat furorem.

     A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

4. tender, weak

   Synonyms: dēbilis, languidus, fractus, tenuis, fessus, aeger, īnfirmus, inops, obnoxius

   Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, compos

語形変化

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

同意語

• (soft): molluscus, tener
• (pliant): facilis, flexibilis, lentus
• (tender): tener

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “soft”): dūrus
• (antonym(s) of “pliant”): rigidus

派生語

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “mollis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mollis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "mollis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mollis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.