molimentum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mōlior (“to strive, endeavor, undertake”) + -mentum.
Noun[edit]
mōlīmentum n (genitive mōlīmentī); second declension
- exertion, effort, endeavour
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.34:
- Praeterea se neque sine exercitu in eas partes Galliae venire audere quas Caesar possideret, neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse.
- That, besides, neither dare he [Ariovistus] go without an army into those parts of Gaul which Caesar had possession of, nor could he, without great expense and trouble, draw his army together to one place.
- Praeterea se neque sine exercitu in eas partes Galliae venire audere quas Caesar possideret, neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
| Genitive | mōlīmentī | mōlīmentōrum |
| Dative | mōlīmentō | mōlīmentīs |
| Accusative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
| Ablative | mōlīmentō | mōlīmentīs |
| Vocative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
References[edit]
- “molimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “molimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- molimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.