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I. To build, erect (post-Aug.): neque quis quid molit, S. C. ap.
II. In a pass. signif., to set in motion, start: jam sospitatricis deae peculiaris pompa moliebatur
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I. Neutr.
A. To set one's self or one's powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one's self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.; syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur?
agam per me ipse et moliar
, nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est
, horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur
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B. To set one's self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart: molientem hinc Hannibalem
, dum naves moliuntur a terra
, in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes
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II. Act.
A. To labor upon any thing, exert one's self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).
1. Nihil enim agit (vita deorum), ... nulla opera molitur, res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri
, agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro
, i. e. 11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva
, Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur
, habenas
, fulmina molitur dextrā
, ignem
, opera
, aliquid sub divo moliri potest
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2. To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.: deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede
, corpora ex somno moliebantur
, onera objecta
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3. To build, make, erect, construct (syn.: condo, fundo, construo): muros
, classem
, arcem
, atrium
, aedem
, locum
, pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum
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B. aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso
, viam clipei molita per oras
, inde datum molitur iter
, jamque alio moliris iter
, viam et gressus
, laborem
, struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui
, fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri
, pestem patriae nefarie
, perniciem rei publicae
, crimina et accusatorem
, triumphos
, fugam
, moram
, opem extremam alicui
, dolos apertos
, bellum in animo
, Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur
, mundum efficere moliens deus
, fallere
, de occupando regno moliens
, nuptias
, apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc.
, tumorem
, vorandi facultatem
, fidem moliri coepit
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