molimentum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mōlior (“to strive, endeavor, undertake”) + -mentum.
Noun
[edit]mōlīmentum 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
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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.