molimentum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom mōlior (“to strive, endeavor, undertake”) + -mentum.
Noun
editmōlīmentum n (genitive mōlīmentī); second declension
- exertion, effort, endeavour
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.34:
- Praeterea se neque sine exercitu in eas partes Galliae venire audere quas Caesar possideret, neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse.
- That, besides, neither dare he [Ariovistus] go without an army into those parts of Gaul which Caesar had possession of, nor could he, without great expense and trouble, draw his army together to one place.
- Praeterea se neque sine exercitu in eas partes Galliae venire audere quas Caesar possideret, neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
Genitive | mōlīmentī | mōlīmentōrum |
Dative | mōlīmentō | mōlīmentīs |
Accusative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
Ablative | mōlīmentō | mōlīmentīs |
Vocative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
References
edit- “molimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “molimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- molimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.