What is the Latin word for much?

The usual Latin words for “much” are multus, largus, collocō; also magnus, labor, tantus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“much” in Latin

multusmuch; many largusabundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in something; bountiful, liberal, munificent; generous with, lavish of collocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange; to put together, assemble; to settle magnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, lo laborwork; labor, toil, exertion; hardship, trouble, fatigue, suffering, drudgery, distress tantusof such size, of such measure; so much, so great, such, so many longusfar, long; extended, prolonged (of space, in general); remote, distant, far off; great, vast, spacious nimiusexcessive, too great, too much; beyond measure quantushow much, how many; how big or how great; as much, great, or far as, etc., expressing a relative proportion or related q

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

much adj.

multus; largus (copious, abundant). (☞ This word must often be rendered in Latin by the neuter multum and a genitive: multus is used as an adjective when it is convertible into many; as a substantive, with a genitive, when it may be represented by the English great or large.) I want much money, mihi multum pecuniae opus est: to bestow much pains upon anything, multum et industriae in aliqua re ponere, collocare (Cic.): the thing costs much pains, res est multi, magni, laboris: to have much leisure, otio abundare: so much, tantus: I have not so much leisure, tantum otii mihi non datum est: thus much I had to say, write, haec hactenus; haec sunt quae dicenda putavi; haec habebam, quae dicerem, scriberem: to eat too much, modum excedere in edendo: nimium esse in edendo: not to be of much consequence, parvi esse momenti.

much adv.

multum; magnopere; with comparatives also multo, longe. Too much, nimium; nimis plus aequo; satis superque: by how much, quanto: by so much, tanto.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for much?: The usual Latin words for “much” are multus, largus, collocō; also magnus, labor, tantus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.