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ā-mōlĭor , ītus, 4, v. dep.,
I.to remove a person or thing from a place (with effort or difficulty), to move or carry away: amoliri dicuntur ea, quae cum magnā difficultate et molimine summoventur et tolluntur e medio, Don. ad Ter. And. 4, 2, 24 (never in Cic. or Hor.).
I. Lit., Att. ap. Non. 75, 31: “amoliri omnia,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 67; so id. Most. 2, 1, 44: impedimentum omne, Sisenn. ap. Non. 73, 15: “omnia e medio,Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 25: “obstantia silvarum,Tac. A. 1, 50: “onus,Luc. 5, 354.—Hence, amoliri se (ante-class.), to take one's self away, to go away: non tu te e conspectu hinc amolire? Pac. ap. Non. 73, 13; Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 68; so id. Ps. 1, 5, 144; “hinc vos amolimini,begone, Ter. And. 4, 2, 24.—
II. Trop., to put away, avert; in rhet., to refute, repel: “religiosum id gestamen amoliendis periculis arbitrantur,Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 23; “invidiam crimenque ab aliquo,Tac. H. 3, 75: “dedecus,id. A. 14, 14: amolior et amoveo nomen meum, i. e. omitto, I pass over, lay no stress on, Liv 28, 28: “videndum etiam, simul nobis plura aggredienda sint, an amolienda singula, i. e. refutanda,to be refuted, rebutted, Quint. 5, 13, 11; so id. 4, 1, 29; 4, 2, 27 al.!*? Pass.: “Jube haec hinc omnia amolirier,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 24: “cum amolita objecta onera armatis dedissent viam,Liv. 25, 36.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 2.1
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.5
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.14
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.50
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.75
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 3.2
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.7
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.354
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.25
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.23
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 36
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.27
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.29
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 13.11
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