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Latin
Etymology
From re- + mōlior.
Pronunciation
Verb
remōlior (present infinitive remōlīrī or remōlīrier, perfect active remōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent
- to press, push back, move away
- Ovid, Metamorpheses, 5.341.
Saepe remoliri luctatur pondera terrae- He often struggles to push back the weight of the earth.
- Seneca the Younger, Hercules Furens, 504.
nullus eripiet deus te mihi, nec orbe si remolito queat, ad supera victor numina Alcides vehi- No god will rescue you from me, not even if Alcides is able to move the earth and come triumphantly to the upper-world and its gods.
- to stir, take up again
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
References
- “remolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “remolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers