English → Latin
“multiply” in Latin
multiplicōto increase, augment; to multiplycrēscōto rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment; to come to be; to become visible, spring from, ariaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthenaugēscōto (begin to) grow, develop or increase
The English word multiply itself goes back to Latin multus, through multiplicō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
multiply
TRANS., multiplicare. To multiply three by four, tria quater multiplicare; tria quater ducere (☞ not ter quater sumere): to multiply a number by itself, numerum in se (☞ not inter se) multiplicare: to multiply these sums by each other, has summas in se or inter se multiplicare: the breadth multiplied by the length gires 1500 feet, latitudinem cum longitudine multiplicando efficiemus pedes mille et quingentos.
INTRANS., crescere; augeri; augescere; auctibus crescere or augeri.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for multiply?
- The usual Latin words for “multiply” are multiplicō, crēscō, augeō; also augēscō. 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.