adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
multifārius
multifārius (feminine multifāria, neuter multifārium)
Classical[mʊɫ.tɪˈfaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[mul.tiˈfaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectivemanifold, various, multifarious
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | multifārius | multifāria | multifārium |
| genitive | multifāriī | multifāriae | multifāriī |
| dative | multifāriō | multifāriae | multifāriō |
| accusative | multifārium | multifāriam | multifārium |
| ablative | multifāriō | multifāriā | multifāriō |
| vocative | multifārie | multifāria | multifārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | multifāriī | multifāriae | multifāria |
| genitive | multifāriōrum | multifāriārum | multifāriōrum |
| dative | multifāriīs | multifāriīs | multifāriīs |
| accusative | multifāriōs | multifāriās | multifāria |
| ablative | multifāriīs | multifāriīs | multifāriīs |
| vocative | multifāriī | multifāriae | multifāria |
multĭfārĭus, a, um, adj. multus,
I. manifold, various, multifarious (the adj. post-class.):
militares coronae multifariae sunt, Gell. 5, 6, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms. A. multĭfārĭam (acc. form), on many sides, in many places (class.): multifariam dixerunt antiqui, quod videlicet in multis locis fari poterat, id est dici, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.: sancius multifariam factus, in many places, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19: multifariam defossum aurum, Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 174:
hodie multifariam nulla (ju dicia) sunt, id. Leg. 1, 14, 40: in castris visae togae, Liv. 3, 50, 3; 10, 31, 8; 21, 8, 4 Drak. and Fabri N. cr.; 33, 18, 7; 44, 41, 8: nasci, Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 93.—B. multĭfārĭē (post - Aug.), in many ways, variously:
eadem est Ortygia, quae multifarie traditur: nunc Asteria ... nunc Lagia, vel Cynetho: Pyrpile etiam, Sol. 11, § 19; Placid. Gloss. p. 482 Mai. (but in Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 54, where Sillig and others read multifarie in the sense of multifariam, Jan. and Detlefsen read multifariam).Origins
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultifārius
Latin -fārius Latin multifārius From multus (“many”) + -fārius.