Latin

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Etymology

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From ab- +‎ mōlior.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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āmōlior (present infinitive āmōlīrī or āmōlīrier, perfect active āmōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

  1. to remove from; move or carry away
  2. (figuratively) to avert, prevent; repel, refute

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of āmōlior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present āmōlior āmōlīris,
āmōlīre
āmōlītur āmōlīmur āmōlīminī āmōliuntur
imperfect āmōliēbar āmōliēbāris,
āmōliēbāre
āmōliēbātur āmōliēbāmur āmōliēbāminī āmōliēbantur
future āmōliar āmōliēris,
āmōliēre
āmōliētur āmōliēmur āmōliēminī āmōlientur
perfect āmōlītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect āmōlītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect āmōlītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present āmōliar āmōliāris,
āmōliāre
āmōliātur āmōliāmur āmōliāminī āmōliantur
imperfect āmōlīrer āmōlīrēris,
āmōlīrēre
āmōlīrētur āmōlīrēmur āmōlīrēminī āmōlīrentur
perfect āmōlītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect āmōlītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present āmōlīre āmōlīminī
future āmōlītor āmōlītor āmōliuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives āmōlīrī,
āmōlīrier1
āmōlītum esse āmōlītūrum esse
participles āmōliēns āmōlītus āmōlītūrus āmōliendus,
āmōliundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
āmōliendī āmōliendō āmōliendum āmōliendō āmōlītum āmōlītū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Descendants

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  • Middle French: amolir

References

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  • amolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amolior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.