adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
molāris1
molāris (neuter molāre)
Meaning
- two terminationof or related to mills or grinding
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | molāris | molāris | molāre |
| genitive | molāris | molāris | molāris |
| dative | molārī | molārī | molārī |
| accusative | molārem | molārem | molāre |
| ablative | molārī | molārī | molārī |
| vocative | molāris | molāris | molāre |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | molārēs | molārēs | molāria |
| genitive | molārium | molārium | molārium |
| dative | molāribus | molāribus | molāribus |
| accusative | molārīs molārēs | molārīs molārēs | molāria |
| ablative | molāribus | molāribus | molāribus |
| vocative | molārēs | molārēs | molāria |
mŏlāris, e, adj. mola,
I. of or belonging to a mill or to grinding, mill-.
I. Adj. (post-Aug.):
molaris lapis, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 137; Isid. 19, 10, 10: petrae molares, Grom. Vet. 401, 20: saxum, id. ib. 212, 9: lapis molaris, Vulg. Luc. 17, 2: deus, grinding, molar, id. Judic. 15, 19.—II. Subst.: mŏlāris, is, m.
A. A millstone; poet. for any large stone:
ramis vastisque molaribus instat, Verg. A. 8, 250; Tac. H. 2, 22; Ov. M. 3, 59: lapis quasi molaris magnus, Vulg. Apoc. 18, 21; cf. Sen. Ep. 82, 25.—B. (Sc. dens.) A grinder, molar:
interque molares Difficili crescente cibo, Juv. 13, 212: presso stridere molari, id. 6, 160: molares superiores (of horses' teeth), Col. 6, 29, 4; Pall. 4, 13, 9.Origins
From mola (“millstone”) + -āris (adjectival suffix).