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+ {{homograph|1|builder, contriver}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la mōlior}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [moːˈliː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [moˈliː.tor]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''mōlītor''' ''m'' (genitive mōlītōris, feminine mōlītrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ This word is [[af|la|mōlior|-tor|t1=to construct, set in motion]], from [[mōlēs]] “mass”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, and Lewis & Short quote his ''effector mundī mōlītorque''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant one who makes or constructs, a builder, framer, as of the maker of the world in Cicero, and in Seneca one who contrives or engineers, an author, schemer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a deviser, schemer.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the maker of the world.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a contriver.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|builder]], maker.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # A [[m|en|contriver]], schemer.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)
+
+ {{homograph|2|miller}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ulpian|origins=ine-pro *melh₂-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɔ.lɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɔː.li.tor]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''molitor''' ''m'' (genitive molitōris, feminine molitrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ This word is [[af|la|molō|-tor|t1=to grind]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨molō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*melh₂-|t=to crush, grind]], cognate with Umbrian ⟨kumaltu⟩ “let him grind” and [[sga|meilid|t=grinds]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Ulpian in the Digest.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Post-classical, it meant a miller, one who works a hand-mill, as in the Digest, and Ausonius uses it obscenely.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|miller]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[mōlior]]
+ * [[mōlēs]]
+ * [[molō]]
+ * [[mola]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}