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mŏlĭcĭna, v. molocina.
mŏlīle, is, n. [mola], the drawing-ropes or traces of an ass in a mill, Cato, R. R. 10 and 11.
mōlīmen, ĭnis, n. [molior], a great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt, undertaking (mostly poet., not in Cic.): ventus Trudit agens magnam magno molimine navem, Lucr. 4, 902: revellere Annosam pinum magno molimine, Ov. M. 12, 357: quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circum Spectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 93: sceleris, Ov. M. 6, 473: res, suo ipsa molimine gravis, Liv. 2, 56: rerum, Ov. P. 1, 2, 75: molimine vasto tabularia, id. M. 15, 809.
mōlīmentum, i, n. [molior], a great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt, undertaking (good prose, but not in Cic.): magno cum molimento procedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 142, 5: neque se exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse, * Caes. B. G. 1, 34, 3: motam certe sede suā parvi molimenti adminiculis, by machines of little power, Liv. 5, 22: eo minoris molimenti ea claustra esse, would cost the less labor, id. 37, 14: rex magni molimenti est, that has a great spirit of enterprise, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11, 3.
mŏlīna, v. molinus.
‡ mŏlīnārĭus, ii, m. [molina], a miller: molinarius, ὑδραλέτης, Gloss. Philox.
mŏlīnus, a, um, adj. [mola], of or belonging to a mill, mill- (eccl. Lat.): saxum, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 35.
Hence, as subst.
- A. mŏlīna, ae, f., a mill, Amm. 18, 8, 11.
- B. mŏlīnum, i, n., a mill, Cassiod. Inst. Div. Litt. 29.
mōlĭo, īre, 4 (act. collat. form of molior).
- I. To build, erect (post-Aug.): neque quis quid molit, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129.
- II. In a pass. signif., to set in motion, start: jam sospitatricis deae peculiaris pompa moliebatur, App. M. 11, p. 261, 8.
mōlĭor, ītus, 4 (inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].
- I. Neutr.
- A. To set one’s self or one’s powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one’s self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.; syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur? Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: agam per me ipse et moliar, Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 2: nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11: horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95.
- B. To set one’s self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart: molientem hinc Hannibalem, Liv. 28, 44: dum naves moliuntur a terra, id. 37, 11: in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes, Tac. H. 2, 35.
- II. Act.
- A. To labor upon any thing, exert one’s self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).
- 1. Nihil enim agit (vita deorum), … nulla opera molitur, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 51: res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri, Verg. A. 1, 564: validam in vites molire bipennem, to work, i. e. wield, id. G. 4, 331: ancoras, to work, i. e. hoist the anchor, weigh anchor, Liv. 28, 17: agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro, i. e. to work, cultivate, till the ground, Verg. G. 1, 494; Col. 1 praef. 17; 11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva, Lucr. 5, 932: fores, to work, i. e. to force, to break open, Tac. A. 1, 39; 2, 82; Liv. 23, 18, 2; 24, 46, 5: Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur, Curt. 6, 8, 20: habenas, to guide, Verg. A. 12, 327: fulmina molitur dextrā, hurls, id. G. 1, 329: ignem, id. A. 10, 131: opera, to begin work, Col. 11, 2, 2: aliquid sub divo moliri potest, id. 1, 8, 9.
- 2. To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.: deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede, displaces, Liv. 9, 3: corpora ex somno moliebantur, aroused, id. 36, 24, 3: onera objecta, id. 25, 36.
- 3. To build, make, erect, construct (syn.: condo, fundo, construo): muros, to build, Verg. A. 3, 132: classem, id. ib. 3, 6: arcem, id. ib. 1, 424: atrium, Hor. C. 3, 1, 46: aedem, Flor. 1, 7: locum, prepares, Verg. A. 7, 158: pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum, to construct, make, Sol. 15.
- B. Trop., to endeavor to do; to undertake, attempt, set about any thing (cf.: aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso, performing, doing, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59: viam clipei molita per oras, made its way, Verg. A. 10, 477: inde datum molitur iter, id. ib. 6, 477: jamque alio moliris iter, Stat. S. 5, 2, 61: viam et gressus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 278; 3, 438: animum, to form or acquire for one’s self, Ov. A. A. 2, 119: laborem, to undertake, Verg. A. 4, 233: struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui, to try to bring upon, Cic. Clu. 64, 178: fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri, id. Sest. 1, 1: pestem patriae nefarie, id. Cat. 2, 1, 1: perniciem rei publicae, id. ib. 1, 2, 5: insidias avibus, to lay snares, Verg. G. 1, 271: crimina et accusatorem, to bring about, find out, Tac. A. 12, 22: triumphos, Ov. M. 14, 719: fugam, Verg. A. 2, 109: moram, to cause, make, occasion, id. ib. 1, 414: opem extremam alicui, Val. Fl. 6, 431: dolos apertos, to devise, id. 5, 249: bellum in animo, to design, meditate, Vell. 2, 46: Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur, Just. 2, 15, 1: mundum efficere moliens deus, attempting, Cic. Univ. 4: fallere, Val. Fl. 3, 491: de occupando regno moliens, striving to usurp the government, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60: nuptias, to bring about, Tac. A. 12, 3: apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc., are to be excited, called forth, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206: tumorem, Col. 6, 17: vorandi facultatem, Cels. 1, 3: fidem moliri coepit, began to meddle with, disturb, Liv. 6, 11, 8.
1. mōlītĭo, ōnis, f. [molior], a putting in motion, moving, removing; a laborious undertaking, preparation, contrivance (rare but class.): molitio agrorum, a working, ploughing, digging, Col. prooem.: terrena, id. 11, 2, 98: facilis molitio eorum valli erat, a tearing out, demolishing, Liv. 33, 5, 6; a building, making, of the creation of the world, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19.
In gen., an enterprise, undertaking, Amm. 14, 9, 4.
2. mŏlĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [molo], a grinding (late Lat.), Ambros. Serm. 29.
1. mōlītor, ōris, m. [molior], one who undertakes to do a thing, an attempter, author, framer, contriver (class.): effector mundi molitorque deus, Cic. Univ. 5: ratis, Ov. M. 8, 302: caedis, Tac. A. 11, 29: novarum rerum, Suet. Dom. 10: maximorum molitores scelerum, Sen. Tranq. 7, 3.
2. mŏlĭtor, ōris, m. [1. molo], a miller (post-class.).
- I. Lit., Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 15.
- II. Transf., in mal. part., Aus. Ep. 90, 3.
mōlītrix, īcis, f. [1. molitor], she who attempts, frames, contrives (post-Aug.): novarum rerum, Suet. Ner. 35.
(mŏlĭtūra, ae, f. [1. molo], a false read. for moluntur, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 52.)
1. mŏlĭtus, a, um, Part., from molo.
2. mōlītus, a, um, Part., from molior.
1. mŏlo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. a. [mola], to grind in a mill.
- I. Lit.: molendum usque in pistrino, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 19: hordeum in subtilem farinam, to grind into fine flour, Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 73: tolle molam, et mole farinam, Vulg. Isa. 47, 2.
Absol.: in mola, Vulg. Matt. 24, 41: molentes in unum, at one mill or stone, id. Luc. 17, 35.
- II. Transf., in mal. part., Aus. Epigr. 71, 7; cf. Petr. 23.
Hence, P. a.: mŏlĭ-tus, a, um, ground; as subst.: mŏlĭ-tum, i, n., food made of flour: edo lubentius molitum quam praehibeo a me, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 13.
† mŏlŏchĭna, ae, f. [moloche], = μολοχίνη, a garment woven of fibres from the mallow: carbasina molochina ampelina, Caecil. ap. Non. 548, 14 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.).
Also called mŏlucĭum or moli-cina, Nov. ap. Non. 539, 20 (Com. Rel. v. 71 Rib.).