multum

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English

Noun

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.

Derived terms

See also

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverbial accusative of multus (“much, many”).

Adverb

multum (comparative plūs, superlative plūrimum)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

multum

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

References

  • “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, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multum.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

multum

  1. many, a lot of

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multum.

Noun

multum

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

References

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