mōlēs
mōlēs
Uncertain. The term is sometimes connected with Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“mühen”), though De Vaan reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European root as *melos (“erschweend, hindernd”) instead.
If the term derives from Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“mühen, üben”), then it is cognate with Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”) and Germanmühen (“to labor, toil”). See also Latin mōs.
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoː.ɫeːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.les]
mōlēs f (genitive mōlis); third declension
- multitude, mass (of material)
- Synonyms: multitūdō, frequentia, cōpia, ūbertās, nūbēs
- (by extension) size
- rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knoll
- heap, pile
- Synonyms: cumulus, massa, acervus
- (military) war machine
- weight, burden, heaviness
- Synonyms: onus, pondus, gravitās
- strife, endeavour, effort
- Synonyms: cōnātus, studium, opus, opera, labor, mōlīmen, cūra, intēnsiō, pulvis
- difficulty, labor, trouble
- Synonyms: difficultās, īnfortūnium, cūra
- fortification, wall, rampart
- Synonyms: munitio, praesidium
- mass of soldiers, a large army
- mole, pier, jetty
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōlēs | mōlēs |
| genitive | mōlis | mōlium |
| dative | mōlī | mōlibus |
| accusative | mōlem | mōlēs
mōlīs |
| ablative | mōle | mōlibus |
| vocative | mōlēs | mōlēs |