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

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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