I.to set in motion: “commoliri tempestas fulmina coeptat,” Lucr. 6, 255.—Trop.: “lamenta virum commoliri atque ciere,” Lucr. 6, 242 Lachm. N. cr.: dolum aut machinam, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73. —Transf.: nimis moleste confabricatus commolitusque est originem vocabuli, has undertaken, Favorin. ap. Gell. 3, 19, 3.
com-mōlĭor (conm- ), ītus, 4, v. dep. (ante- and post-class. and very rare); prop.,