molitio

Latin

Etymology 1

From mōlior (“to undertake, work at, construct”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

mōlītiō f (genitive mōlītiōnis); third declension

1. undertaking, project of construction or labor, building
2. demolition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mōlītiō	mōlītiōnēs
Genitive	mōlītiōnis	mōlītiōnum
Dative	mōlītiōnī	mōlītiōnibus
Accusative	mōlītiōnem	mōlītiōnēs
Ablative	mōlītiōne	mōlītiōnibus
Vocative	mōlītiō	mōlītiōnēs

Etymology 2

From molō (“to grind, mill”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

molitiō f (genitive molitiōnis); third declension

1. grinding, milling

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	molitiō	molitiōnēs
Genitive	molitiōnis	molitiōnum
Dative	molitiōnī	molitiōnibus
Accusative	molitiōnem	molitiōnēs
Ablative	molitiōne	molitiōnibus
Vocative	molitiō	molitiōnēs

References

• “molitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “molitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• molitio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• molitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.