multum
English edit
Noun edit
multum (uncountable)
- An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.
- 1820, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on Adulterations of Food […] :
- Another substance, composed of extract of quassia and liquorice juice, used by fraudulent brewers to economise both malt and hops, is technically called multum.
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References edit
“multum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmul.tum/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmul.tum/, [ˈmul̪t̪um]
Etymology 1 edit
Adverbial accusative of multus (“much, many”).
Adverb edit
multum (comparative plūs, superlative plūrimum)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
multum
- inflection of multus:
References edit
- “multum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “multum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- multum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- multum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum valere ad aliquid
- (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum afferre ad aliquid
- (ambiguous) to considerably (in no way) further the common good: multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre
- (ambiguous) to be highly favoured by; to be influential with..: multum valere gratia apud aliquem
- (ambiguous) to consider of importance; to set much (some) store by a thing: multum (aliquid) alicui rei tribuere
- (ambiguous) to value, esteem a person: multum alicui tribuere
- (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem
- (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: alicuius auctoritas multum valet apud aliquem
- (ambiguous) to expend great labour on a thing: egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei
- (ambiguous) to exert oneself very energetically in a matter: multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re
- (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere
- (ambiguous) to have a good memory: memoriā (multum) valere (opp. memoriā vacillare)
- (ambiguous) to be well (slightly) acquainted with Greek literature: multum (mediocriter) in graecis litteris versari
- (ambiguous) to enjoy close intercourse with... (of master and pupil): multum esse cum aliquo (Fam. 16. 21)
- (ambiguous) to have great weight as a speaker: multum dicendo valere, posse
- (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multum, nimium esse (in aliqua re) (De Or. 2. 4. 17)
- (ambiguous) much money: pecunia magna, grandis (multum pecuniae)
- (ambiguous) to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
- (ambiguous) to have a powerful navy: rebus maritimis multum valere
- (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum valere ad aliquid
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Polish edit
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multum
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Swedish edit
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Noun edit
multum
- (colloquial) loads (usually of money)
- Vi kommer tjäna multum
- We're gonna make a fortune