[ˈmoː.ɫeːs], [ˈmɔː.les]
OrigoUncertain. The term is sometimes connected with Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”), though De Vaan reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European root as *melos (“trouble, obstacle”) instead.
If the term derives from Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”), then it is cognate with Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”) and German mühen (“to labor, toil”). See also Latin mōs.
- declension-3multitude, mass (of material)
- broadly, declension-3size
- declension-3rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knoll
“est mōlēs nātīva locō rēs nōmina fēcit:
appellant Saxum; pars bona montis eā est.
huic Remus īnstiterat frūstrā, quō tempore frātrī” — There is a ridge, that which gave natural names to the place: they call it the Rock; it forms a good part of the [Aventine] Hill. To this [place] Remus had uselessly embarked, at which time you, birds
- declension-3heap, pile
- declension-3war machine
- declension-3weight, burden, heaviness
- declension-3strife, endeavour, effort
“quanta mole gesserat bella” — with such efforts he had managed the wars
- declension-3difficulty, labor, trouble
- declension-3fortification, wall, rampart
- declension-3mass of soldiers, a large army
- declension-3mole, pier, jetty
Formaemōlēs(canonical, feminine) · mōlis(genitive) · mōlēs(nominative, singular) · mōlēs(nominative, plural) · mōlis(genitive, singular) · mōlium(genitive, plural) · mōlī(dative, singular) · mōlibus(dative, plural) · mōlem(accusative, singular) · mōlēs(accusative, plural) · mōlīs(accusative, plural) · mōle(ablative, singular) · mōlibus(ablative, plural) · mōlēs(singular, vocative) · mōlēs(plural, vocative)
Fons: Vicitionarium