remolior

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ mōlior.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈmoː.li.or/, [rɛˈmoːlʲiɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈmo.li.or/, [reˈmɔːlior]

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

Conjugation of remōlior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	remōlior	remōlīris, remōlīre	remōlītur	remōlīmur	remōlīminī	remōliuntur
	imperfect	remōliēbar	remōliēbāris, remōliēbāre	remōliēbātur	remōliēbāmur	remōliēbāminī	remōliēbantur
	future	remōliar	remōliēris, remōliēre	remōliētur	remōliēmur	remōliēminī	remōlientur
	perfect	remōlītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	remōlītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	remōlītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	remōliar	remōliāris, remōliāre	remōliātur	remōliāmur	remōliāminī	remōliantur
	imperfect	remōlīrer	remōlīrēris, remōlīrēre	remōlīrētur	remōlīrēmur	remōlīrēminī	remōlīrentur
	perfect	remōlītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	remōlītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	remōlīre	—	—	remōlīminī	—
	future	—	remōlītor	remōlītor	—	—	remōliuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		remōlīrī, remōlīrier1	remōlītum esse	remōlītūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		remōliēns	remōlītus	remōlītūrus	—	—	remōliendus, remōliundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		remōliendī	remōliendō	remōliendum	remōliendō	remōlītum	remōlītū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Related terms

• mōlēs
• molestē
• molestia
• molestus

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