molior

== Latin == === Etymology === From mōlēs (“a pile, heap”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoː.li.ɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.li.or] === Verb === mōlior (present infinitive mōlīrī or mōlīrier, perfect active mōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent to strive, endeavor, work at to put in motion, shake, move to rouse, bestir to undertake, start, begin, commence to erect, construct (figuratively) to attempt, stir up c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Persa 5.2.8: Quia eī fidem nōn habuī argentī, eō mihi eās māchinās mōlītu'st. Because I had no trust in him about the silver, he laid me these machinations. ==== Conjugation ==== 1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. ==== Synonyms ==== (strive): lūctor, ēlabōrō, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, appetō, adnītor, labōrō, pugnō, ēnītor, perīclitor, nītor, spectō (construct): aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, struō, cōnstruō, condō, compōnō, fundō, cōnstituō, exstruō, statuō (start): incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coëpiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, committō, exorior (rouse): cieō, irrītō, stimulō, impellō, concitō, instigō, instinguō, exciō, ădhortor, inflammō, flammō, sollicitō, incendō, ērigō ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “start”): subsistō, dēsistō, cessō (antonym(s) of “rouse”): domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, plācō, restinguō, dēlēniō, coërceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mōlēs molestē molestia molestus === References === “molior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press molior in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “molior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “molior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.