molibus
Dictionary entries
- 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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...rursus aperto 660uult hostes errare freto, sed molibus undas obstruit et latum deiectis rupibus aequor. cedit in inmensum..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...aquai vim subitam tolerare: ita magno turbidus imbri molibus incurrit validis cum viribus amnis, dat sonitu magno stragem..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...rebellant. En etiam mea regna petunt. Perfossa dehiscit molibus insanis tellus, iam montibus haustis antra gemunt..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...stat rupes horrenda fretis, quot in aethera surgit molibus, infernas totidem demissa sub undas. nec scopulos aut antra..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...amica Cithaeron silua rogis; ardent excisae uiscera gentis molibus extructis: supremo munere gaudent Ogygii manes; queritur miserabile Graium..."Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...unde sagittis?— uerum auidi et tormenta rotant et molibus urguent. ille nec ingestis nec terga sequentibus umquam detrahitur..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...nives et frigora ducens Marcia, praecelsis quarum vaga molibus unda crescit et innumero pendens transmittitur arcu: vestrum opus..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Baiarum litore quondam saxea pila cadit, magnis quam molibus ante constructam ponto iaciunt, sic illa ruinam prona trahit..."