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

Related terms

• moliminous

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [moːˈliː.mɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈliː.men]

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