The corpus record — Latin

molitio

molitio · f

a putting in motion, moving, removing; a laborious undertaking, preparation, contrivance

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Where it lives

De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Timaeus 1 · 2.37/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 1 · 0.9/10k
de Natura Deorum 3 · 0.84/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 5 · 0.63/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. mōlītĭo — Lewis & Short

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.

2. mŏlĭtĭo — Lewis & Short

mŏlĭtĭo, ōnis, f.molo,

I a grinding (late Lat.), Ambros. Serm. 29.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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