Meaning of mōlēs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. multitude, mass (of material)
   declension-3
2. size
   broadly, declension-3
3. rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knoll
   declension-3
4. heap, pile
   declension-3
5. war machine
   declension-3
6. weight, burden, heaviness
   declension-3
7. strife, endeavour, effort
   declension-3
8. difficulty, labor, trouble
   declension-3
9. fortification, wall, rampart
   declension-3
10. mass of soldiers, a large army
    declension-3
11. mole, pier, jetty
    declension-3

Equivalents

Examples

“est mōlēs nātīva locō rēs nōmina fēcit: appellant Saxum; pars bona montis eā est. huic Remus īnstiterat frūstrā, quō tempore frātrī”

There is a ridge, that which gave natural names to the place: they call it the Rock; it forms a good part of the [Aventine] Hill. To this [place] Remus had uselessly embarked, at which time you, birds of the Palatine, gave foremost omens to his brother, [Romulus]. (See Aventine Hill.)

“quanta mole gesserat bella”

with such efforts he had managed the wars

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