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molitur

molitur is a Latin form of molior, meaning “work at, toil; build, construct; attempt, undertake, set in motion”. It is the 3rd person singular present passive indicative.

It can also be a form of molo, “grind”.

Found 57 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 91: verum, ut fit, multa saepe imprudentibus imperatoribus vis belli ac turba molitur. dum is in aliis rebus erat occupatus qui summam rerum administrabat, erant interea qui suis volneribus meder …

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.68: … quarum altera, quam nos incolimus, Sub áxe posita ad stéllas septem, unde hórrifer, Aquilónis stridor gélidas molitúr nives, altera australis, ignota nobis, quam vocant Graeci , ceteras partis incultas,

Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.782: Moliturque genus poenae miserabile, si non

All forms of molior (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.