Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1143.multum on page 1143
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multum much
multum is a Latin Adverb that primarily means much.
Definitions for multum
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
much
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A large amount or number, much, plenty; (eesp. w. part. gen., ex or de). (b) ~um diei, late in the day; ~um noctis, late at night. (c) (gen. of price) ~i facere (sts. written as one word), to value highly.
Adverb
- 1
(with vbs.) Greatly, much; ut ~, at a generous estimate.
- 2
(with adjs.) Very.
Sentences with multum
Latin to English
Decem virī satis sapientiae et multum virtūtis habuērunt.Compare The ten men had enough wisdom and much virtue.
Optimōs librōs tantā cum cūrā lēgērunt ut multum sapientiae discerent.Compare They read the best books with such great care that they learned much wisdom.
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit litora - multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum, saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram. [Aenis, I, 1]Compare I tell about war and the hero who first from Troy's frontier displaced by destiny, came to the Lavinian shores, to Italy - a man much travailed on sea and land by the powers above, because of the brooding anger of Juno.
Neque multum abest, quin etiam castra expello.Compare Nor was there much to save them from being driven also from the camp.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 221.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1143.
- Word frequencies
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "multum (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/multum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 221.multum on page 221
