Caesar use the same terminology when describing civilizations or countries that have grown soft because of their lavish lifestyles. If a country including Rome became affluent then they also became effeminate. The word effeminate which Caesar used in the Classic Latin translates to soft. When a country or perhaps even an order become soft it becomes ineffective, weak, and easily conquered.
“Had Christ not owned a cape so precious that even well-paid Roman soldiers did not want to cut it in half?”
In an attempt at keeping contextually accurate, by rending the cloth the soldiers knew that the value would be appreciably less, which meant that the amount of cheap rude wine procured would be less as well.