molimentum
ἐλάττω ἔχειν γῆν τὸν ἀγρὸν ἐπιστολῆς Λακωνικῆς → own a farm smaller than a Laconian letter, own a tiny farm
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mōlīmentum: i, n. molior,
I a great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt, undertaking (good prose, but not in Cic.): magno cum molimento procedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 142, 5: neque se exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse, * Caes. B. G. 1, 34, 3: motam certe sede suā parvi molimenti adminiculis, by machines of little power, Liv. 5, 22: eo minoris molimenti ea claustra esse, would cost the less labor, id. 37, 14: rex magni molimenti est, that has a great spirit of enterprise, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mōlīmentum,¹⁴ ī, n. (molior), effort pour réaliser qqch. : Cæs. G. 1, 34, 3 ; Liv. 37, 14, 7 ; magni res molimenti est Sen. Marc. 11, 4, il faut un gros effort.
