What does multēsimus mean in Latin?

multēsimus, a adjective, means “very”.

Where does multēsimus come from?

Proto-Italic *moltos → Latin multēsimus.

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

multēsimus (feminine multēsima, neuter multēsimum)

adjectivevery
reminiscaris summam rerum esse profundam et videas caelum summai totius unum quam sit parvula pars et quam multesima constet nec tota pars, homo terrai quota totius unus.Remember how boundless is the Sum-of-Things, And mark how infinitely small a part Of the whole Sum is this one sky of ours-- O not so large a part as is one man Of the whole earth.c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, Dē Rērum Nātūrā 6.651

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	multēsimus	multēsima	multēsimum
genitive	multēsimī	multēsimae	multēsimī
dative	multēsimō	multēsimae	multēsimō
accusative	multēsimum	multēsimam	multēsimum
ablative	multēsimō	multēsimā	multēsimō
vocative	multēsime	multēsima	multēsimum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	multēsimī	multēsimae	multēsima
genitive	multēsimōrum	multēsimārum	multēsimōrum
dative	multēsimīs	multēsimīs	multēsimīs
accusative	multēsimōs	multēsimās	multēsima
ablative	multēsimīs	multēsimīs	multēsimīs
vocative	multēsimī	multēsimae	multēsima

multēsĭmus, a, um, adj. multus,

I. multesimal, i. e. very small, trifling: pars, Lucr. 6, 651 (also ap. Non. 136, 39).

Latin -ēsimus Latin multēsimus From multus (“much”) + -ēsimus (“-th”).

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