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                    "description": "mōlĭor, ītus, 4 (\n* Inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].\n* Neutr.\n* 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.\n* Act.\n* 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.).\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* 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."
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