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mŏlāris , e, adj. mola,
I.of or belonging to a mill or to grinding, mill-.
I. Adj. (post-Aug.): “molaris lapis,” Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 137; Isid. 19, 10, 10: “petrae molares, Grom. Vet. 401, 20: saxum,” id. ib. 212, 9: “lapis molaris,” Vulg. Luc. 17, 2: “deus,” grinding, molar, id. Judic. 15, 19.—
II. Subst.: mŏlāris , is, m.
A. A millstone; poet. for any large stone: “ramis vastisque molaribus instat,” Verg. A. 8, 250; Tac. H. 2, 22; Ov. M. 3, 59: “lapis quasi molaris magnus,” Vulg. Apoc. 18, 21; cf. Sen. Ep. 82, 25.—
B. (Sc. dens.) A grinder, molar: “interque molares Difficili crescente cibo,” Juv. 13, 212: “presso stridere molari,” id. 6, 160: “molares superiores (of horses' teeth),” Col. 6, 29, 4; Pall. 4, 13, 9.
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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    • New Testament, Revelation, 18.21
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.250
    • New Testament, Luke, 17.2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.59
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.22
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.29.4
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