- μόλις
- μόλις (=Hom. μόγις, fr. μόγος ‘toil’) adv. ‘scarcely’ Trag., Thu.+; PTebt 19, 10 [114 B.C.]; PRyl 113, 27; POxy 1117, 19; PGiss 4, 15; LXX; TestAbr A 11 p. 90, 12 [Stone p. 28]; TestJob, EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; Tat. 39, 1 v.l.—B-D-F §33; Rob. 296; s. μόγις).① pert. to being hard to accomplish, with difficulty (Lycophron vs. 757; Appian, Liby. 3 §14, Bell. Civ. 1, 8 §33; 1, 77 §351; Ael. Aristid. 48, 43 K.=24 p. 476 D.; Wsd 9:16=μετὰ πόνου; Sir 29:6; Philo, Op. M. 80; Jos., Bell. 1, 149) Lk 9:39 v.l.; Ac 14:18; 23:29 v.l.; 27:7f, 16; 1 Pt 4:18 (Pr 11:31; cp. Artem. 1, 2 p. 4, 13 μόλις ἐσώθη).② pert. to rarity on a scale of occurrences, not readily, only rarely (Nicander, Ther. 281; Synes., Prov. 1, 11 p. 101d: μόλις [seldom, scarcely ever] do virtue and good fortune meet; Sir 21:20; 26:29; 32:7; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 66, Vi. 173) Ro 5:7; another probability here is③ pert. to rarity on a scale of expectation, ordinarily not (Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 1; 3 Jac.; Achilles Tat. 2, 26, 1) or scarcely (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 53 §218 ὀλίγοι μόλις=scarcely a few).—DELG. M-M. TW.
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