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Significatio vocis mōlēs | Babel Free

Nomen femininum CEFR B1
[ˈmoː.ɫeːs]

Definitiones

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

Aequivalentia

English Lump mass Pier

Exempla

est mōlēs nātīva locō rēs nōmina fēcit: appellant Saxum; pars bona montisest. 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

Gradus CEFR

B1
Medius
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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Cursum Gratuitum Incipe

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