molimen

English

Etymology

Latin molimen

Noun

molimen (plural molimens or molimina)

1. (medicine) An effort or impulse toward a certain effect.

Derived terms

• menstrual molimen
• molimen criticum
• molimen haemorrhagicum
• molimen menstruale

Related terms

• moliminous

Latin

Etymology

From mōlior (“to strive, endeavor, undertake”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moːˈliː.men/, [moːˈlʲiːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈli.men/, [moˈliːmen]

Noun

mōlīmen n (genitive mōlīminis); third declension

1. great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt

   Synonyms: cōnātus, studium, opus, opera, labor, cūra, intēnsiō, mōlēs, pulvis

2. undertaking (mostly poetic)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mōlīmen	mōlīmina
Genitive	mōlīminis	mōlīminum
Dative	mōlīminī	mōlīminibus
Accusative	mōlīmen	mōlīmina
Ablative	mōlīmine	mōlīminibus
Vocative	mōlīmen	mōlīmina

References

• “molimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers