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  • 1 mōlēs

        mōlēs is, f    [1 MAC-], a shapeless mass, huge bulk, weight, pile, load: rudis indigestaque, O.: ingenti mole Chimaera, V.: taurus ipsā mole piger, Iu.: tantas moles tollere, seas, V.: in mole sedens, cliff, O.: magna unius exercitus, L.: Nemeaea, i. e. the lion, O.— A massive structure, pile, dam, pier, mole, foundation: moles atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris iaciebat, Cs.: moles oppositae fluctibus: exstructa moles opere magnifico, monument: insanae substructionum moles, enormous piles: molem aggeris ultra venire, Iu.— A battering-ram, munitions of war: oppugnat molibus urbem, V.: belli, Ta.—Fig., greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity: pugnae, L.: curarum, Ta.: mali: Vis consili expers mole ruit suā, H.: densā ad muros mole feruntur, a vast throng, V.: ingens rerum, fabric, O.— Difficulty, labor, trouble: transveham naves haud magnā mole, without great difficulty, L.: Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so much labor did it cost, V.: quantā mole parentur Insidiae, O.
    * * *
    mass (huge); bulk; monster; massive structure; difficulty, trouble, danger

    Latin-English dictionary > mōlēs

  • 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 militia

    mīlĭtĭa, ae (-āi, Lucr. 1, 29), f. [id.], military service, warfare, war.
    I.
    Lit.:

    in militiae disciplinam profectus est,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    militiam subterfugere,

    id. Off. 3, 26, 97:

    ferre,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 55:

    tolerare,

    Verg. A. 8, 516:

    munus militiae sustinere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

    militiae vacatio,

    exemption from military service, id. ib. 6, 14:

    militiae magna scientia,

    Sall. J. 63, 2:

    militiam discere,

    id. C. 7, 4:

    praeclara,

    Vell. 2, 5, 1:

    Pompeii,

    id. 2, 40, 1:

    adversus Graecos,

    Just. 20, 1, 3:

    lentas militias,

    Tib. 1, 3, 82:

    Cimbrica Teutonicaque,

    Vell. 2, 120, 1:

    militiae honorem,

    military honors, Juv. 7, 88.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Abl. militiā, in war, opp. togā, in peace, Juv. 10, 9.—
    2.
    Gen. militiae, in military service, or on a campaign, in the field; freq. in phrase: domi militiaeque, at home and abroad, at home and with the army:

    quorum virtus fuerat domi militiaeque cognita,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.:

    et domi et militiae,

    id. de Or. 3, 33, 134:

    militiae domique,

    Liv. 7, 32:

    militiae et domi,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 49.—Also without domi, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Sall. J. 84, 2; Tac. H. 2, 5.—
    C.
    Trop., of love:

    at confidentia militia illa militatur multo magis quam pondere,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 50;

    so of an inattentive lover: pro infrequente eum mittat militiā domum,

    id. Truc. 2, 1, 19.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Military spirit, courage, bravery:

    virilis militiae uxor,

    Flor. 4, 5.—
    B.
    Concr., the soldiery, military (syn.:

    milites, exercitus, copiae): hic pars militiae, dux erat ille ducum,

    Ov. H. 8, 46:

    Romanae militiae decus,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 11:

    cum omni militiā interficitur,

    Just. 32, 2, 2; Plin. 4, 14, 27, § 97:

    qua (lex) maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat,

    Liv. 4, 26, 3: magister militiae, general, id. 22, 23, 2:

    caelestis,

    Vulg. Luc. 2, 13.—So trop.:

    militia caeli,

    i. e. the heavenly bodies, Vulg. Act. 7, 42; id. Deut. 17, 3.—
    C.
    A civil service, office, profession, employment, esp. a laborious one:

    hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 19:

    haec mea militia est,

    Ov. F. 2, 9.—Of swallows building their nests:

    eaque militia illis cum anno redit semper,

    Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 95.—
    D.
    Any special work of difficulty, requiring a great effort:

    completa est militia ejus,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 2:

    arma militiae nostrae non carnalia,

    id. 2 Cor. 10, 4:

    bona,

    id. 1 Tim. 1, 18.—
    E.
    Under the emperors (like miles), an office or employment at court, Prud. Cath. 19; Cod. Just. 3, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > militia

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