mōlēs is, f
1 MAC-,
a shapeless mass, huge bulk, weight, pile, load
: rudis indigestaque, O.: ingenti mole Chimaera, V.: taurus
ipsā mole piger, Iu.: tantas moles
tollere,
seas
, V.: in mole sedens,
cliff
, O.: magna unius exercitus,
L.: Nemeaea, i. e.
the lion
, O.—
A massive structure, pile, dam, pier, mole, foundation
: moles atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris
iaciebat, Cs.: moles oppositae fluctibus:
exstructa moles opere magnifico,
monument
: insanae substructionum moles,
enormous piles
: molem aggeris ultra venire, Iu.—
A battering-ram, munitions of war
: oppugnat molibus urbem, V.: belli, Ta.—Fig.,
greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity
: pugnae, L.: curarum, Ta.: mali: Vis consili expers mole
ruit suā, H.: densā ad
muros mole feruntur,
a vast throng
, V.: ingens rerum,
fabric
, O.—
Difficulty, labor, trouble
: transveham naves haud magnā mole,
without great difficulty
, L.: Tantae molis erat Romanam condere
gentem,
so much labor did it cost
, V.: quantā mole parentur
Insidiae, O.
