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μωλέω

moleo

contend, bring an action at law

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What it meant

μωλέω · mōleō — LSJ

contend, bring an action at law, the pleadings, while, is being pleaded

contend, bring an action at law, αἴ κα μωλῇ, αἰ δέ κʼ ἀνφὶ δώλῳ μωλίωντι, Leg.Gort. 1.14, 17; τὰ μωλιόμενα the pleadings, ib. 5.44, al.; μωλιομένας τᾶδ δίκας while the case is being pleaded, ib. 1.48:—Hsch. has μ<ω>λεῖ· μάχεται, πικρανθήσεται, and μωλήσεται· μαχήσεται.

Where it came from

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