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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...Horam Quirini, Virites Quirini, Maiam Volcani, Heriem Iunonis, Moles Martis Nerienemque Martis". III. Ex quibus id, quod postremum..." - T
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..." - T
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..." - T
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..." - M
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..."