adverb
multum
multum (comparative plūs, superlative plūrimum)
Classical[ˈmʊɫ.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmul.tum]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- much
- very much, a lot
- rarevery
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- navibus plurimum posse
- to have a powerful navy.
multum, adv., v. multus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
multum adv.
multus, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far : salve multum, T.: uti non ita multum sorore, not very much : mecum loqui, often : non ita multum moratus, not long , Cs.: sunt in venationibus, frequently , Cs.: sum multum cum Phaedro: gratiā valere, be in great favor , N.: res multum quaesita: facilis, H.: miseri, O.—With comp, much, far : multum robustior illo, Iu.: haud multum infra viam, L.
Origins
Adverbial accusative of multus (“much, many”).
Descendants
- Swedishmultum
- Polishmultum