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mōles (noun F) : prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. μόχθος, μογεῖν, μόγις; cf.: μοχλός, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe
* A shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.
* Lit.
* 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.
* Trop.
* A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock: in mole sedens,Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.
* A mass or pile of waves: venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.
* 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. Cic. 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.
* A huge engine or machine, used at sieges: velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,Verg. A. 5, 439.
* Warlike apparatus, munitions of war: belli,Tac. H. 1, 61: non alias majore mole concursum,with a greater mass,id. A. 2, 46.
* 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. 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.
* 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.
* A shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.
* Lit.
* 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.
* Trop.
* A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock: in mole sedens,Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.
* A mass or pile of waves: venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.
* 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. Cic. 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.
* A huge engine or machine, used at sieges: velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,Verg. A. 5, 439.
* Warlike apparatus, munitions of war: belli,Tac. H. 1, 61: non alias majore mole concursum,with a greater mass,id. A. 2, 46.
* 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. 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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