molimen

English

Etymology

Latin molimen

Noun

molimen (plural molimens or molimina)

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

Derived terms

menstrual molimen
molimen criticum
molimen haemorrhagicum
molimen menstruale

Related terms

moliminous

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /moːˈliː.men/, [moːˈlʲiːmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈli.men/, [moˈliːmen]

Noun

mōlīmen n (genitive mōlīminis); third declension

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

Declension

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

Case	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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