molior
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom mōlēs (“a pile, heap”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.li.or/, [ˈmoːlʲiɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.li.or/, [ˈmɔːlior]
Verb
editmōlior (present infinitive mōlīrī or mōlīrier, perfect active mōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent
- to strive, endeavor, work at
- to put in motion, shake, move
- to rouse, bestir
- to undertake, start, begin, commence
- to erect, construct
- (figuratively) to attempt, stir up
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Persa 5.2.8:
- Quia eī fidem nōn habuī argentī, eō mihi eās māchinās mōlītu'st.
- Because I had no trust in him about the silver, he laid me these machinations.
- Quia eī fidem nōn habuī argentī, eō mihi eās māchinās mōlītu'st.
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations 1.8:
- Nihil agis, nihil mōlīris, nihil cōgitās quod nōn ego nōn modo audiam sed etiam videam plānēque sentiam.
- You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.
- Nihil agis, nihil mōlīris, nihil cōgitās quod nōn ego nōn modo audiam sed etiam videam plānēque sentiam.
- c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 1.268–272:
- Quippe etiam fēstīs quaedam exercēre diēbus
fās et iūra sinunt: rīvōs dēdūcere nūlla
rēligiō vetuit, segetī praetendere saepem,
īnsidiās avibus mōlīrī, incendere veprēs,
bālantumque gregem fluviō mersāre salūbrī.- Of course, even on holidays to do some tasks
divine order and laws allow: to guide down the rills no
religion has forbidden, to lay a hedge in front of a crop,
to set the birds traps, to burn bushes,
to bathe the bleating herd in the clean river.
- Of course, even on holidays to do some tasks
- Quippe etiam fēstīs quaedam exercēre diēbus
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Persa 5.2.8:
Conjugation
editConjugation of mōlior (fourth conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | mōlior | mōlīris, mōlīre |
mōlītur | mōlīmur | mōlīminī | mōliuntur |
imperfect | mōliēbar | mōliēbāris, mōliēbāre |
mōliēbātur | mōliēbāmur | mōliēbāminī | mōliēbantur | |
future | mōliar | mōliēris, mōliēre |
mōliētur | mōliēmur | mōliēminī | mōlientur | |
perfect | mōlītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | mōlītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | mōlītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | mōliar | mōliāris, mōliāre |
mōliātur | mōliāmur | mōliāminī | mōliantur |
imperfect | mōlīrer | mōlīrēris, mōlīrēre |
mōlīrētur | mōlīrēmur | mōlīrēminī | mōlīrentur | |
perfect | mōlītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | mōlītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | mōlīre | — | — | mōlīminī | — |
future | — | mōlītor | mōlītor | — | — | mōliuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | mōlīrī, mōlīrier1 |
mōlītum esse | mōlītūrum esse | — | — | — | |
participles | mōliēns | mōlītus | mōlītūrus | — | — | mōliendus, mōliundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
mōliendī | mōliendō | mōliendum | mōliendō | mōlītum | mōlītū |
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Synonyms
edit- (strive): lūctor, ēlabōrō, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, appetō, adnītor, labōrō, pugnō, ēnītor, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
- (construct): aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, struō, cōnstruō, condō, compōnō, fundō, cōnstituō, exstruō, statuō
- (start): incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, committō, exorior
- (rouse): cieō, irrītō, stimulō, impellō, concitō, instigō, instinguō, exciō, ădhortor, inflammō, flammō, sollicitō, incendō, ērigō
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “start”): subsistō, dēsistō, cessō
- (antonym(s) of “rouse”): domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, plācō, restinguō, dēlēniō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “molior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- molior in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “molior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- molior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: perniciem (exitium) alicui afferre, moliri, parare
- to be busy with ambitious projects: magna moliri
- to meditate crime: scelera moliri (Att. 7. 11)
- to shake credit: fidem moliri (Liv. 6. 11. 8)
- to plot a revolution: novas res moliri (Verr. 2. 125)
- to meditate war: bellum moliri
- to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: perniciem (exitium) alicui afferre, moliri, parare