remolior

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Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ mōlior.

Pronunciation

Verb

remōlior (present infinitive remōlīrī or remōlīrier, perfect active remōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

  1. 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.
  2. 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