molimen

molimen

English

Etymology

From Latin molimen.

Noun

molimen (plural molimens or molimina)

  1. (medicine) An effort or impulse toward a certain effect.

Derived terms

  • menstrual molimen
  • molimen criticum
  • molimen haemorrhagicum
  • molimen menstruale

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin mōlior
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Italic *-men
Latin -men
Latin mōlīmen

    From mōlior (“to strive, endeavor, undertake”) + -men.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mōlīmen n (genitive mōlīminis); third declension

    1. great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt
      Synonyms: cōnātus, studium, opus, opera, labor, cūra, intēnsiō, mōlēs, pulvis
    2. undertaking (mostly poetic)

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative mōlīmen mōlīmina
    genitive mōlīminis mōlīminum
    dative mōlīminī mōlīminibus
    accusative mōlīmen mōlīmina
    ablative mōlīmine mōlīminibus
    vocative mōlīmen mōlīmina

    References

    • “molimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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