molimentum

Latin

Etymology

From mōlior (“to strive, endeavor, undertake”) +‎ -mentum.

Noun

mōlīmentum n (genitive mōlīmentī); second declension

  1. 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.

Declension

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
  • “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.
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