rĕ-mollesco

I. v. inch. n., to become soft again, to become or grow soft (class.).

I. Lit.: ut Hymettia sole Cera remollescit, Ov. M. 10, 285: sole remollescit quae frigore constitit unda, id. ib. 9, 661.—

II. Trop.: quod ea re (vino) ad laborem ferendum remollescere homines atque effeminari arbitrantur, to be enervated, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.: si precibus numina justis Victa remollescunt, Ov. M. 1, 378.