multum

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English

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Noun

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multum (uncountable)

  1. 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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See also

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References

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multum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adverbial accusative of multus (much, many).

Adverb

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multum (comparative plūs, superlative plūrimum)

  1. much
  2. very much, a lot
  3. (rare, with adjective) very
Descendants
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  • Swedish: multum
  • Polish: multum

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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multum

  1. inflection of multus:
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

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  • 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
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin multum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmul.tum/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ultum
  • Syllabification: mul‧tum

Numeral

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multum

  1. (literary) many, a lot of [with genitive]

Further reading

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  • multum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • multum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin multum.

Noun

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multum

  1. (colloquial) loads (usually of money)
    Vi kommer tjäna multum
    We're gonna make a fortune

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