moles
Dictionary entries
- Entry →molo, molere, molui, molitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
grind;
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →moles, molis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
large mass; rock/boulder; heap/lump/pile, bulk; monster; mole/jetty/dam/dike;; large structure/building; military structure, wall, ramp; causeway/embankment;; crowd, throng; heavy responsibility/burden; difficulty/danger; might/force;
acc. pl.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Campana fremens ceu saxa uaporat 100conditus Inarimes aeterna mole Typhoeus. hoc tamen expositum cunctis nullique negatumnumen ab humani..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...latrare repertacontentus tremulo monstrasse cubilia loro.nec mora, conplentur moles, auideque petitis 445insula deseritur ratibus, quo tempore primasinpedit..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...saeui criminis, unum tot poenas cepisse caput. sic mole ruinae fracta sub ingenti miscentur pondere membra, nec magis..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...Horam Quirini, Virites Quirini, Maiam Volcani, Heriem Iunonis, Moles Martis Nerienemque Martis". III. Ex quibus id, quod postremum..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...statione locata sepultis undique ventis; tum poteris magnas moles cognoscere eorum speluncasque vel ut saxis pendentibus structas cernere..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...dies dabit exitio, multosque per annos sustentata ruet moles et machina mundi. nec me animi fallit quam..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...proporro corpus ferit, atque ita tota paulatim moles protruditur atque movetur. praeterea tum rarescit quoque corpus et aër..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...solis turribus urbem.non opus hanc ueterum nec moles structa tueturhumanusque labor facilis, licet ardua tollat, 20cedere uel bellis..."