sŭb-erro

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.