mōlĭor

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mōlĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].

To set one's self or one's powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one's self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.;

syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32:

agam per me ipse et moliar,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95.—

To set one's self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart:

molientem hinc Hannibalem,

Liv. 28, 44:

dum naves moliuntur a terra,

id. 37, 11:

in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes,

Tac. H. 2, 35.—

To labor upon any thing, exert one's self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).

Nihil enim agit (vita deorum),... nulla opera molitur, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri,

Verg. A. 1, 564: validam in vites molire bipennem, to work, i. e. wield, id. G. 4, 331: ancoras, to work, i. e. hoist the anchor, weigh anchor, Liv. 28, 17:

agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro,

i. e. to work, cultivate, till the ground, Verg. G. 1, 494; Col. 1 praef. 17;

11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva,

Lucr. 5, 932: fores, to work, i. e. to force, to break open, Tac. A. 1, 39; 2, 82; Liv. 23, 18, 2; 24, 46, 5:

Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur,

Curt. 6, 8, 20:

habenas,

to guide, Verg. A. 12, 327:

fulmina molitur dextrā,

hurls, id. G. 1, 329:

ignem,

id. A. 10, 131:

opera,

to begin work, Col. 11, 2, 2:

aliquid sub divo moliri potest,

id. 1, 8, 9.—

To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.:

deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede,

displaces, Liv. 9, 3:

corpora ex somno moliebantur,

aroused, id. 36, 24, 3:

onera objecta,

id. 25, 36.—

To build, make, erect, construct (syn.:

condo, fundo, construo): muros,

to build, Verg. A. 3, 132:

classem,

id. ib. 3, 6:

arcem,

id. ib. 1, 424:

atrium,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

aedem,

Flor. 1, 7:

locum,

prepares, Verg. A. 7, 158:

pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum,

to construct, make, Sol. 15.—

Trop., to endeavor to do; to undertake, attempt, set about any thing (cf.:

aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso,

performing, doing, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

viam clipei molita per oras,

made its way, Verg. A. 10, 477:

inde datum molitur iter,

id. ib. 6, 477:

jamque alio moliris iter,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 61:

viam et gressus,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 278; 3, 438: animum, to form or acquire for one's self, Ov. A. A. 2, 119:

laborem,

to undertake, Verg. A. 4, 233:

struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui,

to try to bring upon, Cic. Clu. 64, 178:

fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

pestem patriae nefarie,

id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

perniciem rei publicae,

id. ib. 1, 2, 5: insidias avibus, to lay snares, Verg. G. 1, 271:

crimina et accusatorem,

to bring about, find out, Tac. A. 12, 22:

triumphos,

Ov. M. 14, 719:

fugam,

Verg. A. 2, 109:

moram,

to cause, make, occasion, id. ib. 1, 414:

opem extremam alicui,

Val. Fl. 6, 431:

dolos apertos,

to devise, id. 5, 249:

bellum in animo,

to design, meditate, Vell. 2, 46:

Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur,

Just. 2, 15, 1:

mundum efficere moliens deus,

attempting, Cic. Univ. 4:

fallere,

Val. Fl. 3, 491:

de occupando regno moliens,

striving to usurp the government, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60:

nuptias,

to bring about, Tac. A. 12, 3:

apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc.,

are to be excited, called forth, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

tumorem,

Col. 6, 17:

vorandi facultatem,

Cels. 1, 3:

fidem moliri coepit,

began to meddle with, disturb, Liv. 6, 11, 8.

to build, erect, construct, contrive, toil, struggle.

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ad-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep., to move or bring one thing to or upon another (not in Cic.).

In gen.:

ubi sacro manus sis admolitus,

put the hand to, lay hands on, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24:

manus moli,

App. M. 6, 10:

dejerantes sese neque ei manus admolituros, i. e. vim illaturos,

id. Flor. 1, 7:

velut de industria rupes praealtas admolita natura est,

has piled up, Curt. 8, 10, 24:

imagini regis manus admolitus,

App. Flor. p. 344, 14 Elm.—

Esp. as a mid. voice, to exert one's self to reach a place, to strive or struggle toward a place:

ad hirundinum nidum,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 6.

ā-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep., to remove a person or thing from a place (with effort or difficulty), to move or carry away: amoliri dicuntur ea, quae cum magnā difficultate et molimine summoventur et tolluntur e medio, Don. ad Ter. And. 4, 2, 24 (never in Cic. or Hor.).

Lit., Att. ap. Non. 75, 31:

amoliri omnia,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 67; so id. Most. 2, 1, 44: impedimentum omne, Sisenn. ap. Non. 73, 15:

omnia e medio,

Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 25:

obstantia silvarum,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

onus,

Luc. 5, 354.—Hence, amoliri se (ante-class.), to take one's self away, to go away: non tu te e conspectu hinc amolire? Pac. ap. Non. 73, 13; Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 68; so id. Ps. 1, 5, 144;

hinc vos amolimini,

begone, Ter. And. 4, 2, 24.—

Trop., to put away, avert; in rhet., to refute, repel:

religiosum id gestamen amoliendis periculis arbitrantur,

Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 23;

invidiam crimenque ab aliquo,

Tac. H. 3, 75:

dedecus,

id. A. 14, 14: amolior et amoveo nomen meum, i. e. omitto, I pass over, lay no stress on, Liv 28, 28:

videndum etiam, simul nobis plura aggredienda sint, an amolienda singula, i. e. refutanda,

to be refuted, rebutted, Quint. 5, 13, 11; so id. 4, 1, 29; 4, 2, 27 al.

► Pass.:

Jube haec hinc omnia amolirier,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 24:

cum amolita objecta onera armatis dedissent viam,

Liv. 25, 36.

audĕo, ausus, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf. ausi = ausus sum, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.; hence freq. in the poets, and prose writers modelled after them, subj. sync. ausim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 45; 5, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 178; 5, 196; Verg. E. 3, 32; id. G. 2, 289; Tib. 4, 1, 193; Prop. 2, 5, 24; 3, 12, 21; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1; Stat. Th. 1, 18; 3, 165; id. Achill. 2, 266; Liv. praef. 1; Plin. Ep. 4, 4 fin.; Tac. Agr. 43: ausis, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 62; Lucr. 2, 982; 4, 508; 5, 730; 6, 412; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.:

ausit,

Cat. 61, 65; 61, 70; 61, 75; 66, 28; Ov. M. 6, 466; Stat. Th. 12, 101; id. Achill. 1, 544; Liv. 5, 3 fin.:

* ausint,

Stat. Th. 11, 126; cf. Prisc l. l.; Struve, p. 175 sq.; Ramsh. Gr. p. 140; Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 333 sq., 542, 547 sq. al.) [acc. to Pott, for avideo from avidus, pr. to be eager about something, to have spirit or courage for it; v. 1. aveo], to venture, to venture to do, to dare; to be bold, courageous (with the idea of courage, boldness; while conari designates a mere attempt, an undertaking; syn.: conor, molior); constr. with acc., inf., quin, in with acc. or abl., and absol.

With acc. (mostly in poets and histt., esp. in Tac.):

Quā audaciā tantum facinus audet?

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 37; so,

ut pessimum facinus auderent,

Tac. H. 1, 28; 2, 85; Suet. Calig. 49: quid domini faciant, audent cum talia furesl Verg. E. 3, 16:

ausum talia deposcunt,

Ov. M. 1, 199; 13, 244:

capitalem fraudem ausi,

Liv. 23, 14; 3, 2; 26, 40; Vell. 2, 24, 5:

erant qui id flagitium formidine auderent,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

ausuros nocturnam castrorum oppugnationem,

id. ib. 2, 12; 4, 49; 11, 9; 12, 28; 14, 25; id. H. 1, 48; 2, 25; 2, 69;

4, 15 al.: ad audendum aliquid concitāsset, nisi etc.,

Suet. Caes. 8; 19; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 8; Just. 5, 9 al.; hence also pass.:

multa dolo, pleraque per vim audebantur,

Liv. 39, 8 fin.:

auderi adversus aliquem dimicare,

Nep. Milt. 4 fin.:

agenda res est audendaque,

Liv. 35, 35, 6; Vell. 2, 56 fin.:

patroni necem,

Suet. Dom. 14.—Also ausus, a, um, pass., Tac. A. 3, 67 fin. —

With inf. (the usual constr.;

freq. both in prose and poetry): etiam audes meā revorti gratiā?

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 23:

Ecquid audes de tuo istuc addere?

do you undertake, venture upon? id. ib. 1, 2, 40:

commovere me miser non audeo,

I venture not to stir, id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

Neque tibi quicquam dare ausim,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 65:

nil jam muttire audeo,

id. And. 3, 2, 25; 3, 5, 7; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 80; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim confirmare,

Lucr. 5, 196:

auderent credere gentes,

id. 2, 1036; 1, 68; by poet. license transf. to things: Vitigeni latices in aquaï fontibus audent Misceri, the juice from the vine ventures boldly to intermingle with the water, id. 6, 1072:

Mithridates tantum victus efficere potuit, quantum incolumis numquam est ausus optare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

imperatorem deposcere,

id. ib. 5, 12: ut de Ligarii (facto) non audeam confiteril id. Lig. 3, 8: audeo dicere, I dare say, venture to assert, = tolmô legein, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 et saep.:

qui pulsi loco cedere ausi erant,

Sall. C. 9, 4; 20, 3:

quem tu praeponere no bis Audes,

Cat. 81, 6:

refrenare licentiam,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 28:

vana contemnere,

Liv. 9, 17, 9:

mensuram prodere ausos,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3 al.:

non sunt ausi persequi recedentes,

Vulg. Gen. 35, 5; 44, 26; ib. Job, 29, 22; 37, 24; ib. Matt. 22, 46; ib. Act. 5, 13; ib. Rom. 5, 7 et persaepe.—

With quin:

ut non audeam, quin promam omnia,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 11.—

With in with acc. or abl. (eccl. Lat.): Rogo vos ne praesens audeam in quosdam (Gr. epi tinas), Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 2: In quo quis audet, audeo et ego (Gr. en ô), ib. 2 Cor. 11, 21.—

Absol.:

(Romani) audendo... magni facti,

Sall. H. Fragm. 4 (n. 12 fin. Gerl.):

Nec nunc illi, quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnaturi sunt,

Liv. 21, 40, 7:

in ejus modi consiliis periculosius esse deprehendi quam audere,

Tac. Agr. 15 fin.:

duo itinera audendi (esse), seu mallet statim arma, seu etc.,

id. H. 4, 49:

auctor ego audendi,

Verg. A. 12, 159:

Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.—With an object to be supplied from the context:

hos vero novos magistros nihil intellegebam posse docere, nisi ut auderent (sc. dicere, orationes habere, etc.),

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 94; Quint. 10, 1, 33 Frotsch.; 1, 5, 72: Judaei sub ipsos muros struxere aciem, rebus secundis longius ausuri (sc. progredi, to advance further), Tac. H. 5, 11: 2, 25, cf. Verg. A. 2, 347.— Hence, P. a.,

audens, entis, daring, bold, intrepid, courageous; mostly in a good sense ( poet. or in post-Aug prose):

tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

Verg. A. 6, 95:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

Ov. M. 10, 586; so id. A. A. 1, 608; id. F. 2, 782:

spes audentior,

Val. Fl. 4, 284:

nil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum esse,

Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 2, 2 audentissimi cujusque procursu. id. Agr. 33; id. Or. 14 al.— Adv.: audenter, boldly, fearlessly, rashly: liceat audenter dicere, — Vulg Act. 2, 29; Dig. 28, 2, 29 fin. — Comp.:

audentius jam onerat Sejanum,

Tac. A. 4, 68 progressus, id. ib. 13, 40:

circumsistere,

id. H. 2, 78:

inrupere,

id. ib. 1, 79:

agere fortius et audentius,

id. Or 18.— Sup prob not in use.—

ausus, a, um, ventured, attempted, undertaken, hence subst.: au-sum, i, n., a daring attempt, a venture, an undertaking, enterprise ( poet. or in postAug. prose; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 351, perh. not before Verg.):

At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis,

Verg. A. 2, 535; 12, 351:

fortia ausa,

id. ib. 9, 281:

ingentibus annuat ausis,

Ov. M. 7, 178; 2, 328; 11, 12; 9, 621; 10, 460; 11, 242; id. H. 14, 49 al.; Stat. Th. 4, 368:

ausum improbum,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 147.