Logeion | moles

tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem
it was a task of such a great size to put together the Roman race aditus insulae munitus erat mirificis molibus
the entrance of the island was guarded by impressive harbor works

mōlēs, is, f.: a cumbrous mass; a heavy pile or fabric; mound, rampart, 9.35; dike, 2.497; a mass of buildings, vast buildings, 1.421; structure, 11.130; frame or figure, 2.32; bulk, 5.118; weight, 7.589; pile, mass, 1.61; gigantic frame, 5.431; warlike engine, siege tower, 5.439; array, pomp, train, 12.161; body of soldiers, phalanx, 12.575; heavy storm, tempest, 5.790; toil, work, labor, 1.33.

mōles, is, f. [prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. μόχθος, μογεῖν, μόγις; cf.: μοχλός, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe], a shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.

I Lit.
- A In gen. (poet.): Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles, Ov. M. 1, 7: vastā se mole moventem Pastorem Polyphemum, Verg. A. 3, 656: taurus et ipsa mole piger, Juv. 12, 12: stetit aequore moles Pinea, i. e. a fleet of large ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 19.—
- B Esp.
- - 1 A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock: in mole sedens, Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.—
  - 2 A mass or pile of waves: venti, tantas audetis tollere moles, Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.—
  - 3 A huge, massive structure, esp. of stone; a dam, pier, mole; a foundation, etc. (freq. and class.): molem atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris jaciebat, Caes. B. C. 1, 25: moles oppositae fluctibus, moles, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: aditus insulae muniti mirificis molibus, id. Att. 4, 16, 13: exstructa moles opere magnifico, incisaeque litterae, virtutis testes sempiternae, a monument, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33: moles propinqua nubibus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 10: insanae substructionum moles, huge buildings, piles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85; Hor. C. 3, 1, 34: sepulcri moles, i. e. a tomb, Luc. 8, 865: molem aggeris ultra venire, Juv. 16, 26.—
  - 4 A huge engine or machine, used at sieges: velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem, Verg. A. 5, 439.—
  - 5 Warlike apparatus, munitions of war: belli, Tac. H. 1, 61: non alias majore mole concursum, with a greater mass, id. A. 2, 46.—
II Trop.
- A Greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity, heap: moles pugnae, Liv. 26, 6: molem invidiae austinere, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; cf.: moles mali, id. ib. 3, 7, 17: vis consili expers mole ruit suā, Hor. C. 3, 4, 65: rerum, Suet. Aug. 84: fortunae, Tac. A. 15, 52: Herculea, Sil. 12, 143: densā ad muros mole feruntur, a vast crowd, immense body, Verg. A. 12, 575: curarum, multitude, crowd, Tac. A. 12, 66: tantae corporum moles in fugam consternati sunt, Liv. 38, 46, 4.—
- B Difficulty, labor, trouble: transveham naves haud magnā mole, without great difficulty, Liv. 25, 11: tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so much labor did it cost, Verg. A. 1, 33: Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum, quam, etc., Tac. A. 13, 35.

mōlēs, is, f. (μῶλος, Mühe), die Last, Masse, I) abstr. = die Schwere, das Gewichtige, die Wucht, gewaltige Größe, A) eig.: opposui molem clipei, poet. = den gewichtigen Schild, Ov.: inter pecudes vastā se mole moventem, mit plumper Körperlast sich einherbewegend, Verg.: ingenti mole Latinus, von riesiger Körpergröße, Verg. – B) übtr.: 1) die Masse, Last, a) = Schwere, Größe, große Macht, tanti imperii, Liv.: Romani imperii, Riesenmacht, Vell.: tanta mali, Cic.: tantorum onerum moles, Vell.: pinnarum nutantium moles, die wuchtigen, sich bewegenden Fittiche, Apul. met. 6, 15 (cod. Fuld.): curarum, Tac.: pugnae, Liv.: quantae molis bellum, welch ein ungeheurer Krieg, Vell.: belli molem ciere, die ganze Kriegsmacht aufbieten, Tac. – b) poet. = die Kraft, Stärke, iuventae, Sil.: Herculea, Sil. – 2) die Last = die Schwierigkeit, Mühe, Not, maiore mole pugnare, Liv., od. bellum parare, Liv.: minor moles fuit, Liv.: plaustris transveham naves haud magnā mole, Liv.: maior domi exorta moles, Liv.: tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so viel Mühe kostete es, zu usw., Verg. – personif., Moles, die Kampfmühen, Töchter des Mars, die Molen, Gell. 13, 22, 2 ed. Hertz² (ed. vulg. Molae in gleicher Bedeutung).

II) konkret, A) = die gewichtige, unförmliche, große Masse, der Klumpen, rudis indigestaque moles, vom Chaos, Ov. met. 1, 7: salis quadratae moles, Blöcke, Plin. 6, 147. – tantae corporum moles (Körpermassen, Kolosse) fundis sagittisque in fugam consternatae sunt, Liv. 38, 46, 4. – B) insbes.: 1) ein massiger, großer Bau, a) die Steinmassen, Holzstämme, auch alten Schiffe (vgl. Suet. Claud. 20, 3) u. andere schwere Körper, die ins Meer eingesenkt werden und auf denen, wie auf einem Fundamente, der agger (Aufwurf) ruht, der Grundbau, das Wehr, der Damm u. dgl. (vgl. Curt. 4, 2 [11], 21 iamque paululum moles aquā eminebat, et simul aggeris latitudo crescebat), pontes ac moles, Liv.: mole lapidum a mari disiunctus, Cic.: moles oppositae fluctibus, Cic.: m. naturalis obiecta, von einer Sandbank, Caes.: bes. damit es an Fischen auch bei stürmischem Wetter nicht fehle, Hor. carm. 3, 1, 34. – b) von großen Gebäuden, Gebäude, im Plur. Bauten, Riesenbauten, exstructae moles, Cic.: regiae moles, Hor.: moles marmoreae, Sen.: moles propinqua nubibus, Hor.: insanae substructionum moles, ungeheure Kolosse von Bauten, Cic.: quod nulla in Italia moles tam capax foret (so viele Menschen faßte), Tac.: v. Grabhügel, ingenti mole sepulcrum imponit = ingentem molem sepulcro, Verg. – v. Schiffen, m. pinea, Flotte von großen Schiffen, Prop. 4, 6, 19: capax moles, der riesige Kahn, Sil. 13, 760. – c) moles belli, die großen Belagerungsmaschinen oder Belagerungsanstalten, der Kriegsapparat, refectis vineis aliāque mole belli (worunter bes. agger et turris zu verstehen), Liv.: molibus oppugnat urbem, Verg. – 2) ein Felsenriff, Ov. met. 2, 12; 13, 923. – 3) übtr.: a) v. Menschenmassen, die Masse, Heeresmasse, densā ad muros feruntur mole, Verg.: totā mole belli secuturus, Tac.: totā regni sui mole (mit der ganzen Heeresmacht seines Reiches) in Asiam rursus mari terrā fluminibusque veniebat, Flor.: hostes maiorem molem (Heeresmacht) haud facile sustinentes, Liv.: non alias maiore mole concursum, Tac.: multas passim manus, quam magnam molem unius exercitus (große u. schwere M. eines Heeres) rectius bella gerere, Liv. – b) die sich auftürmende Wogenmasse, Sturmwoge, Verg. Aen. 1, 134; 5, 790. Curt. 3, 1, 5. – ➳ Nbf. mōlis, is, f., Gromat. vet. 92, 16. Auct. de idiom. gen. 581. no. 67 K. (aber Tac. ann. 1, 45 u. 3, 10 Halm u. Nipp. moles).

moles [CL] 1 large mass or weight, huge size; b (w. ref. to Is. xl 12). c vast amount. Colossus qui ~e vastissima ‥ cunctos homines excrevit Lib. Monstr. I 3; famulus Dei ingentis scopuli ~e [gl.: micelnysse vel hefe] conexas in medio Tiberis alveo ‥ mergere jussit Aldh. VirgP 51; erant illi gigantee ~is W. Malm. GP V 240; hec est elephas ‥ qui Eleazarum sua ~e occidit P. Blois Ep. 3. 11A. b donec supremis scintillent saecla favillis / et mundi moles montes collesque liquescant Aldh. CE 4. 11. 8; credimus hanc mundi ~em in melius renovandam Anselm (CurD I 18) II 79; cilicium quo mortui corpus involvatur comparet et terre ~es reddatur terrestris Mir. Fridesw. 26; lapideis saxis terreeque moli ‥ herbe longe precellunt Gir. TH I 13 p. 40. c ut pars justorum succumbat mole malorum Greg. Eli. Æthelwold 3. 4; ubi tanta intulit ut ~es metallorum terreat advenarum animos W. Malm. GR II 181; ut opum ~em suarum presentia sui summopere servarent Ord. Vit. X 20 p. 126. 2 massive structure or building. b mound. c (fig.) barrier, impediment. quia palustris humus ‥ lapideam ~em sustinere non poterat Ord. Vit. IV 16 p. 280. b 1552 mollem CalPat 419. c tunc puer argutus vocali mole solutus / dat sonitum facilem more suo gracilem / de specula R. Cant. Poems 16. 46. 3 vast enterprise, heavy responsibility. tante ~is erat liberari posse principes W. Malm. HN 510 (cf. Verg. Aen. I 33). 4 (fig, var.). tantae sunt peccatorum subitae moles Gildas EB 35; nam ingenti miraculorum ~e victus brevitatis compendio plura praetereo Aldh. VirgP 35 p. 280; mole gravi noxae pressus, sine lumine cordis Bonif. Carm. 6. 12; ut ejus colloquio curarum suarum moles posset avocare W. Malm. Wulfst. I 7; nos reminiscentes quot et quantis delictorum ~ibus premimur Rob. Bridl. Dial. 110; sic sanctus suorum siccavit lacrymas, superveniente ~e letitie et dolentium preclusit gemitus, tum desperato gaudio succedente V. Edm. Rich P 1820B.

1 mōlēs, (8) is, f. , ¶ 1 masse : moles opere magnifico Cic. Phil. 14, 33, masse dʼun travail imposant ; rudis indigestaque Ov. M. 1, 7, masse informe et confuse ¶ 2 levée, jetée, digue, môle : moles oppositæ fluctibus Cic. Off. 2, 14, digues opposées aux flots, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 118 ; Att. 4, 16, 13 ¶ 3 appareils de siège, machines de guerre : Virg. En. 5, 439 ; Liv. 2, 17, 5 [mais tota moles belli Tac. H. 1, 61, toute la masse de guerre = toutes les forces guerrières] ¶ 4 [fig.] a) masse, poids, charge : molem invidiæ sustinere Cic. Cat. 1, 23, soutenir le fardeau de la haine, cf. Cat. 3, 17 ; moles pugnæ Liv. 26, 6, 9, lʼimportance du combat ; tantæ corporum moles Liv. 38, 46, 4, ces corps gigantesques ; tantæ moli par Tac. Ann. 1, 4, à la hauteur dʼune tâche si lourde ; fortunæ Tac. Ann. 15, 52, le faste gênant du rang suprême ; densa ad muros mole feruntur Virg. En. 12, 575, ils se portent en masse compacte vers les murs ; b) effort, difficulté, peines : haud magna mole Liv. 25, 11, 17, sans grande difficulté ; tantæ molis erat Romanam condere gentem ! Virg. En. 1, 33, tant il était laborieux de fonder la nation romaine ! c) embarras, danger : major domi exorta moles Liv. 6, 14, 1, un plus grand danger survenu à lʼintérieur ; d) bouleversement des flots : Virg. En. 5, 790 ; 1, 134 ; Curt. 3, 1, 5.

mōlēs, is f

1. massa, last, gewicht [rudis; clipei]; ➤ tantae corporum moles kolossen;
2. dam, pier; ➤ molem in mare iacere of agere; ~ naturalis obiecta zandbank; mole lapidum a mari disiunctus;
3. (poët.) klip, rif;
4. kolossaal bouwsel, gevaarte [equi van het paard v. Troje]; ➤ sepulcrum ingenti mole; insanae substructionum moles reusachtig grote bouwwerken; exstructae moles;
5. kolossaal gebouw [marmoreae; regiae; propinqua nubibus];
6. (poët.) watermassa; ➤ venti moles tollunt;
7. werktuig voor in de oorlog; ➤ urbem molibus oppugnare;
8. mensenmassa; ➤ densā mole ad muros ferri; totā mole belli secuturus;
9. (metaf.) zwaarte, kracht, grootte [mali; curarum; belli; imperii geweldige macht; pugnae gevaarlijke situatie]; ➤ belli molem ciere de hele legermacht op de been brengen;
10. inspanning, moeite; ➤ maiore mole pugnare; minor ~ fuit; tantae molis erat (m. inf.) zo veel moeite kostte het, zo moeilijk was het;
11. (Mel.) ~ Hadriani graftombe v. Hadrianus, de huidige Engelenburcht.

moles , is. f. plur. moles, ium.
大物。大事。大工程。河堤。Curarum moles 顧之事繁瑣。Mali moles 惡之大。災之大。Indigesta moles 混沌之物。India molibus ferarum mirabilis 小西洋可納罕其大獸 Tantae molis hoc erat 可見此工之難。

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, Portus, Italis Molo ; a molibus, seu crepidinibus, quarum objectu maris atrocitas frangitur et retunditur. Vita S. Virgilii Archiepisc. Arelat. : Ad littus æquoris, quod vocatur Molis, accessit, ubi insidiator ille (diabolus) quasi navem onerariam advenisse fallaciæ speciem imaginis ante oculos ausus est confingere, etc. At apud Dinamium Patricium in Vita S. Maximi Episc. Reg. ubi eadem verba leguntur, moles scribitur. Vim et originem vocis attigimus in Notis ad Alexiadem pag. 305. ex Scriptoribus Græcis inferioris ævi, quibus μόλος, et μῶλος, et μοῦλος, idem sonat quod Moles, seu portus : quibus consentit Procopius lib. 4 : de Ædific. cap. 10 : Πρὸς δὲ τήν ἑκατέρωθι τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ θάλασσαν προβόλους τεκτῃνάμενοι βραχεῖς τε καὶ φαύλους, οὕσπερ κ α λέῖν νενομήκασι μώλους, τὴν μεταξὺ χώραν τοῦτε ροθίου καὶ τοῦ περιβόλου ἐφράξαντο, etc. Gloss. Gr. Lat. : Μῶλος, Moles. Vide Modulus 1. et Mola 4.

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.

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