adverb
multimodīs
multimodīs (not comparable)
Classical[mʊɫˈtɪ.mɔ.diːs]Ecclesiastical[mulˈtiː.mo.dis]
Meaning
- not comparablein many ways, variously
multĭ-mŏdis, adv. from multi' modis for multis modis,
I. in many ways or modes, variously (very rare, and rejected by Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82):
hoc etsi multimodis reprehendi potest, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82 B. and K.; cf.: sive vocalibus saepe brevitatis causā contrahebant, ut ita dicerent, multi modis, etc., id. Or. 45, 153: multimodis sapis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 53: multimodis injurius, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 79; id. And. 5, 4, 36: semina multimodis immixta, Lucr. 1, 895: de cujus morte multimodis apud plerosque scriptum est, Nep. Them. 10, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
multimodis adv.
for multis modis, in many ways, variously : filium exspecto, eagerly , T.: reprehendi: iniurius, T.
Origins
Contraction of multīs + modīs, literally “in many ways”.