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multo
multo
Esperanto
Noun
multo (accusative singular multon, plural multoj, accusative plural multojn)
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmul.toː/
Etymology 1
From multa (“penalty, fine”) + -ō.
Verb
multō (present infinitive multāre, perfect active multāvī, supine multātum); first conjugation
Inflection
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From multus (“much”).
Adverb
multō (not comparable)
- by much, by far
- a great deal, a lot of
Adjective
multō
- dative masculine singular of multus
- dative neuter singular of multus
- ablative masculine singular of multus
- ablative neuter singular of multus
References
- multo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- multo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MULTO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “multo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to punish by banishment: aliquem exsilio afficere, multare
- to condemn some one to a fine: pecunia multare aliquem
- to punish any one with death: morte multare aliquem (Catil. 1. 11. 28)
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(ambiguous) our generation has seen many victories: nostra aetas multas victorias vidit
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(ambiguous) to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
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(ambiguous) the day is already far advanced: multus dies or multa lux est
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(ambiguous) late at night: multa de nocte
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(ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
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(ambiguous) to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
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(ambiguous) to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
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(ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multa verba facere
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(ambiguous) he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est
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(ambiguous) to make extracts from Cicero's writings: aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)
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(ambiguous) we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65)
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(ambiguous) to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
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(ambiguous) the victory cost much blood and many wounds, was very dearly bought: victoria multo sanguine ac vulneribus stetit (Liv. 23. 30)
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(ambiguous) in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
- to punish by banishment: aliquem exsilio afficere, multare