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com-mōlĭor (conm- ), ītus, 4, v. dep. (ante- and post-class. and very rare); prop.,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.242
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.255
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.29
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 3.19.3
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