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Latin
Etymology 1
From mōlior (“to undertake, work at, construct”) + -tiō.
Noun
mōlītiō f (genitive mōlītiōnis); third declension
- undertaking, project of construction or labor, building
- demolition
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Etymology 2
From molō (“to grind, mill”) + -tiō.
Noun
molitiō f (genitive molitiōnis); third declension
- grinding, milling
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “molitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “molitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- molitio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- molitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.