molcere

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mulcēre, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmol.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -oltʃere
  • Hyphenation: mól‧ce‧re

Verb

mólcere (third-person only, third-person singular present mólce, third-person singular past historic mólse, no past participle, no future)

  1. (transitive) to soothe, comfort, assuage

Usage notes

  • The various sources differ slightly on which forms are attested but all agree the verb is highly defective. Treccani and Hoepli mention some first-person forms, but DOP specifically says mai nella 1a pers., mai nei tempi composti (“never in the first person, never in the composed tenses”), so the first-person forms given may be mistakes for third-person forms.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mólcere (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive mólcere
auxiliary verb — gerund molcèndo
present participle — past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — mólce — — —
imperfect — — molcéva — — —
past historic — — mólse — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — mólca — — mólcano
imperfect — — molcésse — — —
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

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