"moles" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmoː.leːs/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmoːɫ̪eːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmo.les/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɔːles] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”) (though de Vaan reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European root as *melos (“trouble, obstacle”) instead). Cognate with Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”) and German mühen (“to labor, toil”). See also Latin mōs. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*meh₃-||to exert}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”), {{cog|grc|μῶλος|t=turmoil}} Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”), {{cog|de|mühen|t=to labor, toil}} German mühen (“to labor, toil”) Head templates: {{la-noun|mōlēs<3>|g=f}} mōlēs f (genitive mōlis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mōlēs<3>}} Forms: mōlēs [canonical, feminine], mōlis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mōlēs [nominative, singular], mōlēs [nominative, plural], mōlis [genitive, singular], mōlium [genitive, plural], mōlī [dative, singular], mōlibus [dative, plural], mōlem [accusative, singular], mōlēs [accusative, plural], mōlīs [accusative, plural], mōle [ablative, singular], mōlibus [ablative, plural], mōlēs [singular, vocative], mōlēs [plural, vocative]
  1. multitude, mass (of material) Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: multitūdō, frequentia, cōpia, ūbertās, nūbēs
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun--MFU-Vuh
  2. (by extension) size Tags: broadly, declension-3 Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-zNy-hG89 Disambiguation of Size: 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  3. rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knoll Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-OI2Gr9yE
  4. heap, pile Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: cumulus, massa, acervus
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-~wJUDqAI Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 4 28 12 20 8 2 20 2 2
  5. (military) war machine Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-HRas91dA Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 5 5 8 9 32 6 7 7 7 7 8 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. weight, burden, heaviness Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: onus, pondus, gravitās
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-YyXdh0rc
  7. strife, endeavour, effort Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: cōnātus, studium, opus, opera, labor, mōlīmen, cūra, intēnsiō, pulvis
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-uYfSHaWu
  8. difficulty, labor, trouble Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: difficultās, īnfortūnium, cūra
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-mtamxQ5B
  9. fortification, wall, rampart Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: munitio, praesidium
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-FC4Of~MZ
  10. mass of soldiers, a large army Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-a3a7iHls
  11. mole, pier, jetty Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-moles-la-noun-zsA1MmKu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mōlēcula [New-Latin], molestus, mōlior
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "mōlēcula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "molestus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mōlior"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mola",
            "3": "moll"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: mola, moll",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: mola, moll (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "μόλος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: μόλος (mólos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: μόλος (mólos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "molo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: molo\n→ Danish: mole\n→ English: mole\n→ French: môle\n→ German: Mole\n→ Hungarian: móló\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: molo\n→ Polish: molo\n→ Russian: мол (mol)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: molo\n→ Danish: mole\n→ English: mole\n→ French: môle\n→ German: Mole\n→ Hungarian: móló\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: molo\n→ Polish: molo\n→ Russian: мол (mol)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mole"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: mole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: mole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mó"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: mó",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mó"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mole"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: mole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: mole"
    }
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        "3": "*meh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to exert"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μῶλος",
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      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "mühen",
        "t": "to labor, toil"
      },
      "expansion": "German mühen (“to labor, toil”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”) (though de Vaan reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European root as *melos (“trouble, obstacle”) instead). Cognate with Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”) and German mühen (“to labor, toil”). See also Latin mōs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mōlēs<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mōlēs f (genitive mōlis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mōlēs<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "multitude, mass (of material)"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun--MFU-Vuh",
      "links": [
        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "multitūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "frequentia"
        },
        {
          "word": "cōpia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ūbertās"
        },
        {
          "word": "nūbēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Size",
          "orig": "la:Size",
          "parents": [
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "size"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-zNy-hG89",
      "links": [
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) size"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There is a ridge, that which gave natural names to the place: they call it the Rock; it forms a good part of the [Aventine] Hill. To this [place] Remus had uselessly embarked, at which time you, birds of the Palatine, gave foremost omens to his brother, [Romulus].\n(See Aventine Hill.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.149–152",
          "roman": "prīma Palātīnae signa dedistis avēs.",
          "text": "est mōlēs nātīva locō rēs nōmina fēcit:\nappellant Saxum; pars bona montis eā est.\nhuic Remus īnstiterat frūstrā, quō tempore frātrī"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knoll"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-OI2Gr9yE",
      "links": [
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ],
        [
          "boulder",
          "boulder"
        ],
        [
          "cliff",
          "cliff"
        ],
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ],
        [
          "outcrop",
          "outcrop"
        ],
        [
          "knoll",
          "knoll"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 4 28 12 20 8 2 20 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heap, pile"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-~wJUDqAI",
      "links": [
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cumulus"
        },
        {
          "word": "massa"
        },
        {
          "word": "acervus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "la:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 8 9 32 6 7 7 7 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "war machine"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-HRas91dA",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) war machine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weight, burden, heaviness"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-YyXdh0rc",
      "links": [
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "heaviness",
          "heaviness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "onus"
        },
        {
          "word": "pondus"
        },
        {
          "word": "gravitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with such efforts he had managed the wars",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.38",
          "text": "quanta mole gesserat bella"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strife, endeavour, effort"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-uYfSHaWu",
      "links": [
        [
          "strife",
          "strife"
        ],
        [
          "endeavour",
          "endeavour"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cōnātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "studium"
        },
        {
          "word": "opus"
        },
        {
          "word": "opera"
        },
        {
          "word": "labor"
        },
        {
          "word": "mōlīmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "cūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "intēnsiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "pulvis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficulty, labor, trouble"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-mtamxQ5B",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "difficultās"
        },
        {
          "word": "īnfortūnium"
        },
        {
          "word": "cūra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortification, wall, rampart"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-FC4Of~MZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "fortification",
          "fortification"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ],
        [
          "rampart",
          "rampart"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "munitio"
        },
        {
          "word": "praesidium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mass of soldiers, a large army"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-a3a7iHls",
      "links": [
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "soldiers",
          "soldiers"
        ],
        [
          "a",
          "a"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mole, pier, jetty"
      ],
      "id": "en-moles-la-noun-zsA1MmKu",
      "links": [
        [
          "mole",
          "mole"
        ],
        [
          "pier",
          "pier"
        ],
        [
          "jetty",
          "jetty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoː.leːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmoːɫ̪eːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmo.les/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɔːles]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moles"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Size"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "mōlēcula"
    },
    {
      "word": "molestus"
    },
    {
      "word": "mōlior"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mola",
            "3": "moll"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: mola, moll",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: mola, moll (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "μόλος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: μόλος (mólos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: μόλος (mólos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "molo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: molo\n→ Danish: mole\n→ English: mole\n→ French: môle\n→ German: Mole\n→ Hungarian: móló\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: molo\n→ Polish: molo\n→ Russian: мол (mol)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: molo\n→ Danish: mole\n→ English: mole\n→ French: môle\n→ German: Mole\n→ Hungarian: móló\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: molo\n→ Polish: molo\n→ Russian: мол (mol)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mole"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: mole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: mole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mó"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: mó",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mó"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mole"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: mole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: mole"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to exert"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μῶλος",
        "t": "turmoil"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "mühen",
        "t": "to labor, toil"
      },
      "expansion": "German mühen (“to labor, toil”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”) (though de Vaan reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European root as *melos (“trouble, obstacle”) instead). Cognate with Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”) and German mühen (“to labor, toil”). See also Latin mōs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mōlēs<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mōlēs f (genitive mōlis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mōlēs<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "multitude, mass (of material)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "multitūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "frequentia"
        },
        {
          "word": "cōpia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ūbertās"
        },
        {
          "word": "nūbēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "size"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) size"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There is a ridge, that which gave natural names to the place: they call it the Rock; it forms a good part of the [Aventine] Hill. To this [place] Remus had uselessly embarked, at which time you, birds of the Palatine, gave foremost omens to his brother, [Romulus].\n(See Aventine Hill.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.149–152",
          "roman": "prīma Palātīnae signa dedistis avēs.",
          "text": "est mōlēs nātīva locō rēs nōmina fēcit:\nappellant Saxum; pars bona montis eā est.\nhuic Remus īnstiterat frūstrā, quō tempore frātrī"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knoll"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ],
        [
          "boulder",
          "boulder"
        ],
        [
          "cliff",
          "cliff"
        ],
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ],
        [
          "outcrop",
          "outcrop"
        ],
        [
          "knoll",
          "knoll"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heap, pile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cumulus"
        },
        {
          "word": "massa"
        },
        {
          "word": "acervus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "war machine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) war machine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weight, burden, heaviness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "heaviness",
          "heaviness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "onus"
        },
        {
          "word": "pondus"
        },
        {
          "word": "gravitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with such efforts he had managed the wars",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.38",
          "text": "quanta mole gesserat bella"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strife, endeavour, effort"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strife",
          "strife"
        ],
        [
          "endeavour",
          "endeavour"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cōnātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "studium"
        },
        {
          "word": "opus"
        },
        {
          "word": "opera"
        },
        {
          "word": "labor"
        },
        {
          "word": "mōlīmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "cūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "intēnsiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "pulvis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficulty, labor, trouble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "difficultās"
        },
        {
          "word": "īnfortūnium"
        },
        {
          "word": "cūra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortification, wall, rampart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortification",
          "fortification"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ],
        [
          "rampart",
          "rampart"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "munitio"
        },
        {
          "word": "praesidium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mass of soldiers, a large army"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "soldiers",
          "soldiers"
        ],
        [
          "a",
          "a"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mole, pier, jetty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mole",
          "mole"
        ],
        [
          "pier",
          "pier"
        ],
        [
          "jetty",
          "jetty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoː.leːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmoːɫ̪eːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmo.les/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɔːles]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moles"
}

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