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  • 1 mōns

        mōns montis, m    [2 MAN-], a mountain, mount, range of mountains: altitudine montium defendi: altissimi, Cs.: praeceps, S.: summus, mountain-top, Cs.: radices montis, foot, Cs.: iniquus, steep, O.—Prov.: Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, great cry and little wool, H. — A mountain, mass, heap: aquarum, V.: Fertur in abruptum mons, mass of rock, V.: mons in Tusculani monte, i. e. a lofty, splendid building near Tusculum: scrobibus concedere montīs, hillocks, V.: eversum fudit super agmina montem, load of stones, Iu.—Prov.: montīs auri polliceri, i. e. extravagant promises, T.: maria montīsque polliceri, S.
    * * *
    mountain; huge rock; towering heap

    Latin-English dictionary > mōns

  • 2 moles

    mōles, is, f. [prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. mochthos, mogein, mogis; cf.: mochlos, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe], a shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet.):

    Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles,

    Ov. M. 1, 7:

    vastā se mole moventem Pastorem Polyphemum,

    Verg. A. 3, 656:

    taurus et ipsa mole piger,

    Juv. 12, 12:

    stetit aequore moles Pinea,

    i. e. a fleet of large ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 19.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock:

    in mole sedens,

    Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.—
    2.
    A mass or pile of waves:

    venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,

    Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.—
    3.
    A huge, massive structure, esp. of stone; a dam, pier, mole; a foundation, etc. (freq. and class.):

    molem atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris jaciebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    moles, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

    aditus insulae muniti mirificis molibus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    exstructa moles opere magnifico, incisaeque litterae, virtutis testes sempiternae,

    a monument, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

    moles propinqua nubibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 10:

    insanae substructionum moles,

    huge buildings, piles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85; Hor. C. 3, 1, 34:

    sepulcri moles,

    i. e. a tomb, Luc. 8, 865:

    molem aggeris ultra venire,

    Juv. 16, 26.—
    4.
    A huge engine or machine, used at sieges:

    velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,

    Verg. A. 5, 439.—
    5.
    Warlike apparatus, munitions of war:

    belli,

    Tac. H. 1, 61:

    non alias majore mole concursum,

    with a greater mass, id. A. 2, 46.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity, heap:

    moles pugnae,

    Liv. 26, 6:

    molem invidiae austinere,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; cf.:

    moles mali,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 17: vis consili expers mole ruit suā, Hor. [p. 1158] C. 3, 4, 65:

    rerum,

    Suet. Aug. 84:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 15, 52:

    Herculea,

    Sil. 12, 143:

    densā ad muros mole feruntur,

    a vast crowd, immense body, Verg. A. 12, 575:

    curarum,

    multitude, crowd, Tac. A. 12, 66:

    tantae corporum moles in fugam consternati sunt,

    Liv. 38, 46, 4.—
    B.
    Difficulty, labor, trouble:

    transveham naves haud magnā mole,

    without great difficulty, Liv. 25, 11:

    tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem,

    so much labor did it cost, Verg. A. 1, 33:

    Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum, quam, etc.,

    Tac. A. 13, 35.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > moles

  • 3 mons

    mons, tis (archaic abl. montei, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 33; cf. Ann. v. 420 Vahl.), m. [etym. dub., perh. from the root min, whence also, emineo, mentum, minari; cf. minae; lit. a projecting body; hence], a mountain, mount.
    I.
    Lit.:

    montium altitudines,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

    altissimi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

    avii,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

    inaccessi,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144:

    lapidosi,

    Ov. M. 1, 44.—Prov.:

    parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said where much is promised but little performed,

    Hor. A. P. 139.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A mountain, i. e. a (heaped-up, towering) mass, a heap, quantity:

    argenti montes,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73:

    montes mali ardentes,

    id. Merc. 3, 4, 32; id. Ep. 1, 1, 78:

    ita mali maeroris montem maxumum conspicatus sum,

    id. Most. 2, 1, 6:

    mons in Tusculani monte,

    i. e. a lofty, splendid building near Tusculum, Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

    aquae,

    Verg. A. 1, 105:

    armorum,

    Sil. 10, 549.—Of a wagon-load of stones:

    eversum fudit super agmina montem,

    Juv. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 1, 145.—Prov.:

    montes auri polliceri,

    to promise mountains of gold, to make great promises, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18; so,

    maria montesque polliceri,

    Sall. C. 23, 3:

    magnos montes promittere,

    Pers. 3, 65.—
    B.
    A mountain-rock, rock in gen. ( poet.):

    fertur in abruptum magno mons improbus actu,

    Verg. A. 12, 687:

    Graii,

    Greek marble, Stat. Th. 1, 145.—
    C.
    Mountain-beasts, wild beasts (late poet.):

    consumant totos spectacula montes,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 310.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mons

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