ad-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep., to move or bring one thing to or upon another (not in Cic.).
I In gen.: ubi sacro manus sis admolitus, put the hand to , lay hands on , Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24: manus moli, Ap. Met. 6, 10, 13; dejerantes sese neque ei manus admolituros, i. e. vim illaturos, id. Flor. 1, 7: velut de industria rupes praealtas admolita natura est, has piled up , Curt. 8, 10, 24: imagini regis manus admolitus, App. Flor. 7, 22.—
II Esp. as a mid. voice, to exert one's self to reach a place, to strive or struggle toward a place: ad hirundinum nidum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 6.