molitus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect active participle of mōlior.

Participle

mōlītus (feminine mōlīta, neuter mōlītum); first/second-declension participle

  1. endeavoured
  2. roused
  3. erected, constructed
  4. undertaken, attempted
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mōlītus mōlīta mōlītum mōlītī mōlītae mōlīta
Genitive mōlītī mōlītae mōlītī mōlītōrum mōlītārum mōlītōrum
Dative mōlītō mōlītō mōlītīs
Accusative mōlītum mōlītam mōlītum mōlītōs mōlītās mōlīta
Ablative mōlītō mōlītā mōlītō mōlītīs
Vocative mōlīte mōlīta mōlītum mōlītī mōlītae mōlīta

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of molō.

Participle

molitus (feminine molita, neuter molitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. ground, milled
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative molitus molita molitum molitī molitae molita
Genitive molitī molitae molitī molitōrum molitārum molitōrum
Dative molitō molitō molitīs
Accusative molitum molitam molitum molitōs molitās molita
Ablative molitō molitā molitō molitīs
Vocative molite molita molitum molitī molitae molita
Descendants
  • Catalan: mòlt
  • Galician: moído
  • Occitan: mòut
  • Old French: mols, mous

References

  • molitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • molitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • molitus 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)
  • molitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.