Dictionary formmoles, molis(feminine)
Translation
mass, bulk; huge structure; effort, trouble
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | moles | moles |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | moles | moles |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | molem | moles |
| Genitiveof | molis | molium |
| Dativeto, for | moli | molibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | mole | molibus |
Examples
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A mass of rocks lay in the road.
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They moved a great mass of stones.
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Many fell beneath the mass of rock.
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The burden of the war was heavy.
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The mass was so great that no one could move it.
Moles, molis is third declension feminine. The nominative singular moles and the nominative and accusative plural moles are identical, which is the usual third declension nuisance; the accusative singular molem is the form that tells you where you are.
It covers three related things: sheer bulk, a massive built structure such as a mole or breakwater or dam, and the effort that shifting such a thing costs. That last sense gives Virgil's tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, "so great a task it was to found the Roman race", where moles is a genitive of quality and means trouble, not rock. Do not confuse it with mola, "millstone, mill", nor with molestus, "troublesome", which is a genuine cousin and the source of English molest.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 6: moles, historia, latitudo and 7 more words.