The corpus record — Latin

admolior

admolior · v. dep

to move

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Where it lives

Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k

What it meant

ad-mōlĭor — Lewis & Short

ad-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep.,

I to move or bring one thing to or upon another (not in Cic.).

I In gen.: ubi sacro manus sis admolitus, put the hand to, lay hands on, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24: manus moli, App. M. 6, 10: dejerantes sese neque ei manus admolituros, i. e. vim illaturos, id. Flor. 1, 7: velut de industria rupes praealtas admolita natura est, has piled up, Curt. 8, 10, 24: imagini regis manus admolitus, App. Flor. p. 344, 14 Elm.—

II Esp. as a mid. voice, to exert one's self to reach a place, to strive or struggle toward a place: ad hirundinum nidum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 6.

In the wild

admolitur Apuleius, Metamorphoses 6.10
admolirier Plautus, Rudens 3.1
admolitus Apuleius, Florida 7
admolituros Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.10

Where it came from

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