molior

Latin

Etymology

From mōlēs (“a pile, heap”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.li.or/, [ˈmoːlʲiɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.li.or/, [ˈmɔːlior]

Verb

1. I strive, endeavor, work at.
2. I rouse, bestir.
3. I erect, construct.
4. (figuratively) I undertake, attempt, stir up.
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎^[1]:

     Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque 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.

Derived terms

• admōlior
• āmōlior
• commōlior
• dēmōlior
• ēmōlior
• mōlīmen

• mōlīmentum
• mōlītiō
• obmōlior
• praemōlior
• remōlior

Related terms

• mōlēs
• molestē
• molestia
• molestus

References

• “molior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “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^[2], 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