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mollesco
mollesco -ere weich, gemildert, sanft werden (in Bezug auf die Klangqualität) — to become supple, mild, gentle (with respect to quality of sound) [s.V] LmL Mart. Cap. 9, 932: Gravitas dicitur, quae soni quadam remissione mollescit ( ad. loc.: LmL Gloss. Mart. Cap. 932/358, 12: ‚ mollescit ‘: gravescit. LmL Remig. Aut. 496, 14: ‚ mollescit ‘: dulcescit, remittitur). [s.XV] LmL Bart. Ram. 1, 2, 2 p. 28: illud ⋅b⋅ dicunt molle, quia, cum in arsim et thesim saltus fit per semitonium, magis mollescit vox illa quam quando per tonum, sicut ⋅a⋅b⋅ molle, ⋅a⋅♮⋅ quadrum durum ( inde LmL Ioh. Hoth. exc. p…