Mola, molæ. Plin. A mille.Molæ afinariæ. Cato. Milles turned with asses.Trusatilis mola. Cato. A handmill.Molæ versatiles. Plin. Idem. Scabra mola. Ouid.Pumiceæ molæ.Ouid.Versare molam. luuen. To turne.Molæ operam dare.Cicer.To get his liuing by turning the mill. Mola Plin.A peece of fleshe without shape growen in the womans wombe, which maketh hir to thinke she is with child: a moone calfe. Also a cake made of meale and salt.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mŏla, ae, f. [cf. mu/lh, mu/los, mill, millstone; mu/lai, grinders, molar-teeth; cf. molaris], a millstone; and usu. plur. molae, a mill (driven by slaves, animals, or water): verbera, compedes, molae, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 9: molarum strepitum audire, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 4 (Com. 7 Vahl. p. 153): molae oleariae duro et aspero lapide, Varr. R. R. 1, 55: trusatiles, Gell. 3, 3, 14: pumiceae, Ov. F. 6, 318: aquariae,
, Vulg. Matt. 18, 6; id. Marc. 9, 41: molae olivariae, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 36.—II.Transf.A.Grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt (hence called mola salsa), which it was customary to strew on the victims at sacrifices: mola etiam vocatur far tostum, et sale sparsum, quod eo molito hostiae aspergantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 141 Müll.: sparge molam, Verg. E. 8, 82: molam et vinum inspergere, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37: aut molā salsā aut ture comprecari, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 109: molā salsā supplicare, Plin. 18, 2, 2, 7: litare, id. praef. med.: consumpsi salsasque molas et turis acervos, Mart. 7, 5, 4.—B.A false conception, moon-calf, mole, Plin. 7, 15, 13, 63; 10, 64, 84, 184.—C.A jawbone, or the teeth: molas leonum confringet, Vulg. Psa. 57, 7.
