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mōlītĭo , ōnis, f. molior,
I.a putting in motion, moving, removing; a laborious undertaking, preparation, contrivance (rare but class.): molitio agrorum, a working, ploughing, digging, Col. prooem.: “terrena,” id. 11, 2, 98: “facilis molitio eorum valli erat,” a tearing out, demolishing, Liv. 33, 5, 6; a building, making, of the creation of the world, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19.—In gen., an enterprise, undertaking, Amm. 14, 9, 4.
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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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 5.6
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.8
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