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1 plurimi

plurimi plurimi, ae, a большинство, очень многие

Латинско-русский словарь > plurimi
2 plurimi

сущ.
1) общ. многочисленные, множественные

2) шутл. деньги

Итальяно-русский универсальный словарь > plurimi
3 plurimi

at the highest price, of the highest worth.

Latin-English dictionary of medieval > plurimi
4 *plurimi

, ae, a

очень многие, большинство

Dictionary Latin-Russian new > *plurimi
5 quam plūrimī

quam plūrimī see quam.

Latin-English dictionary > quam plūrimī
6 plurimum

[st1]1 [-] plūrĭmum, i, n.: une très grande quantité, la plus grande quantité.    - plurimum studii consumere in... Nep.: s'occuper beaucoup de...    - plurimum aetatis, Cic.: la plus grande partie de la vie.    - plurimi et plurimo (gén. et abl. de prix): adj. pris comme noms.    - plurimi (s.-ent. pretii) esse: avoir le plus de prix.    - plurimi (s.-ent. pretii) aestimare: estimer le plus.    - plurimo (s.-ent. pretio) emere: acheter très cher.    - quam plurimo (s.-ent. pretio) vendere: vendre le plus cher possible. [st1]2 [-] plūrĭmum, adv.: - [abcl][b]a - le plus, extrêmement, considérablement, beaucoup. - [abcl]b - presque toujours, la plupart du temps. - [abcl]c - au plus, tout au plus, au maxium.[/b]    - facere plurimum: réussir fort bien.    - plurimum valere: avoir le plus d'importance, avoir le plus de valeur.    - plurimum posse: [pouvoir le plus]: avoir le plus d’influence, avoir la supériorité.    - mari plurimum posse: avoir la supériorité sur mer.    - plurimum jucunditatis afferre, Cic.: apporter beaucoup d'agrément.    - plurimum domi est, Ter.: il est presque toujours chez lui.    - scribere quam plurimum, Cic.: écrire le plus possible.    - (cum, ut) plurimum, Plin.: au plus, tout au plus.
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[st1]1 [-] plūrĭmum, i, n.: une très grande quantité, la plus grande quantité.    - plurimum studii consumere in... Nep.: s'occuper beaucoup de...    - plurimum aetatis, Cic.: la plus grande partie de la vie.    - plurimi et plurimo (gén. et abl. de prix): adj. pris comme noms.    - plurimi (s.-ent. pretii) esse: avoir le plus de prix.    - plurimi (s.-ent. pretii) aestimare: estimer le plus.    - plurimo (s.-ent. pretio) emere: acheter très cher.    - quam plurimo (s.-ent. pretio) vendere: vendre le plus cher possible. [st1]2 [-] plūrĭmum, adv.: - [abcl][b]a - le plus, extrêmement, considérablement, beaucoup. - [abcl]b - presque toujours, la plupart du temps. - [abcl]c - au plus, tout au plus, au maxium.[/b]    - facere plurimum: réussir fort bien.    - plurimum valere: avoir le plus d'importance, avoir le plus de valeur.    - plurimum posse: [pouvoir le plus]: avoir le plus d’influence, avoir la supériorité.    - mari plurimum posse: avoir la supériorité sur mer.    - plurimum jucunditatis afferre, Cic.: apporter beaucoup d'agrément.    - plurimum domi est, Ter.: il est presque toujours chez lui.    - scribere quam plurimum, Cic.: écrire le plus possible.    - (cum, ut) plurimum, Plin.: au plus, tout au plus.
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    Plurimum, Aduerbium. Terent. - ecquid nos amas De fidicina isthac? THA. plurimum merito tuo. Tresfort.

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    Hoc ego vtor vno omnium plurimum. Cic. Je me sers de luy plus que de nul autre.

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    Ibi plurimum est. Terent. Le plus souvent, La plus part du temps.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > plurimum
7 plurimus

plūrĭmus, a, um (superl. de plus) [st2]1 [-] le plus grand nombre, le plus nombreux, très nombreux. [st2]2 [-] le plus grand, très grand; très gros, très spacieux, très abondant. [st2]3 [-] répandu, fréquent, répété.    - in toto plurimus orbe legor, Ov. Tr. 4, 128: mes vers ont un très grand nombre de lecteurs.    - plurimus labor, Hor.: un très grand travail.    - plurima luna, Mart.: pleine lune.    - coma plurima, Ov. M. 13.844: chevelure très dense.    - plurimam salutem alicui dicere, Cic.: faire mille compliments à qqn.    - sacra plurima instituit: il institua un très grand nombre de cultes.    - plurimi et plurimo (gén. et abl. de prix): adj. pris comme noms → plurimum.
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plūrĭmus, a, um (superl. de plus) [st2]1 [-] le plus grand nombre, le plus nombreux, très nombreux. [st2]2 [-] le plus grand, très grand; très gros, très spacieux, très abondant. [st2]3 [-] répandu, fréquent, répété.    - in toto plurimus orbe legor, Ov. Tr. 4, 128: mes vers ont un très grand nombre de lecteurs.    - plurimus labor, Hor.: un très grand travail.    - plurima luna, Mart.: pleine lune.    - coma plurima, Ov. M. 13.844: chevelure très dense.    - plurimam salutem alicui dicere, Cic.: faire mille compliments à qqn.    - sacra plurima instituit: il institua un très grand nombre de cultes.    - plurimi et plurimo (gén. et abl. de prix): adj. pris comme noms → plurimum.
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    Plurima stragula. Cic. Beaucoup.

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    Collis plurimus vrbi imminet. Virgil. Long.

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    Plurimi, genitiuus, verbis aestimandi iungitur: vt Plurimi aestimare. Cic. Tresgrandement.

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    In publicanorum causis vel plurimum aetatis meae versor. Cic. Il y a desja long temps, La plus part de mon aage, Une partie de mon temps.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > plurimus
8 moltus

multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):
multi fortissimi viri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:
rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:
multae et magnae contentiones,
many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:
O multas et graves offensiones,
id. Att. 11, 7, 3:
multi et graves dolores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:
multi et varii timores,
Liv. 3, 16, 3:
multae bonaeque artes animi,
Sall. J. 28, 5:
multa et clara facinora,
Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:
multi improbi,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:
multi boni, docti, prudentes,
id. Fl. 4, 8:
multi nobiles,
id. Planc. 20, 50:
multa acerba habuit ille annus,
id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:
multa infanda,
Liv. 28, 12, 5:
multa falsa,
id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:
multa secunda proelia,
victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:
multa libera capita,
freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:
multae liberae civitates,
republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:
multos fortes viros,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:
multi clari viri,
noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:
multi primarii viri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:
multi clarissimi viri,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:
multi amplissimi viri,
id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:
multi honestissimi homines,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:
multi peritissimi homines,
id. Caecin. 24, 69:
multi summi homines,
id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:
multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,
id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:
in veteribus patronis multis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:
multa praeterea bella gravia,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:
multis suppliciis justis,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:
multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:
plurima signa pulcherrima,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:
virtutes animi multae et magnae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:
causas ille multas et graves habuit,
id. Clu. 30, 82;
and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,
id. Cael. 5, 12:
prodigia multa, foeda,
Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:
multi hominum,
Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:
multae silvestrium arborum,
id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:
nimium multa,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:
nimis multa,
id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:
insulae non ita multae,
not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:
parum multa scire,
too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:
quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,
as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:
minime multi remiges,
exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:
in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,
id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:
multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:
nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,
Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:
aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:
multa prece prosequi,
id. C. 4, 5, 33:
multa victima,
Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:
avis,
id. Am. 3, 5, 4:
tabella,
Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:
exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:
multo labore quaerere aliquid,
with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:
cura,
Sall. J. 7, 4:
sol,
much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:
multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,
Liv. 23, 30, 2:
multum sanguinem haurire,
Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:
multam harenam mare evomit,
id. 4, 6, 8:
arbor,
id. 7, 4, 26:
silva,
id. 8, 10, 14:
multae vestis injectu opprimi,
Tac. A. 6, 50:
multa et lauta supellex,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:
aurum,
Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:
libertas,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:
multam salutem dicere alicui,
to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:
cum auro et argento multo,
Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:
Itaque multum diei processerat,
a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:
ad multum diem,
till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:
multo adhuc die,
when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:
multo denique die,
when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:
multa nocte,
late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:
multo mane,
very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:
multa opinio, for multorum,
the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:
velut multa pace,
as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:
multus homo,
one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:
video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,
id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:
tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:
unus de multis esse,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;
potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,
id. Brut. 79, 274:
numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:
e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:
multum est,
it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:
ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,
Cic. Clu. 64, 181:
ne multis: Diogenes emitur,
id. ib. 16, 47:
quid multis moror?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:
multa reluctari,
Verg. G. 4, 301:
gemens,
id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:
deos testatus,
id. ib. 7, 593:
invehi,
Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):
haud multa moratus,
Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:
in multum velociores,
by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Too much, overmuch, excessive:
supellex modica, non multa,
Nep. Att. 13, 5.—
2.
In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:
qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:
ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,
id. ib. 2, 87, 358:
nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—
3.
Frequent, frequently present:
in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,
Sall. J. 96, 3:
multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:
hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:
instare,
Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
A.
multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):
salve multum, gnate mi,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:
multum vale,
farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:
hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,
id. Men. 2, 2, 42:
opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,
not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,
often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:
non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:
non multum confidere,
not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:
sunt in venationibus,
often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:
in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,
Cic. Brut. 48, 178:
multum fuisse cum aliquo,
to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:
sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:
gratia valere,
to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:
res multum et saepe quaesita,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:
longe omnes multumque superabit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:
multum et diu cogitans,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:
diu multumque scriptitare,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:
multum loquaces,
very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:
mepti labores,
very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:
multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,
much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:
multum robustior illo,
Juv. 19, 197:
majora,
Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:
haud multum infra viam,
Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:
haud multum post mortem ejus,
Tac. A. 5, 3:
ut multum,
at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—
B.
multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).
1.
With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:
multo tanto carior,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:
pauciores oratores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:
facilius atque expeditius iter,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:
virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,
Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:
multo ceteros anteibant,
Tac. H. 4, 13:
multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:
multo mavolo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:
meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—
2.
With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:
quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:
simulacrum multo antiquissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:
maxima pars,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:
multo id bellum maximum fuit,
Liv. 1, 11, 5:
pars multo maxima,
id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:
multo gratissima lux,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:
foedissimum,
Quint. 9, 4, 72:
optimum,
id. ib. 26:
pulcherrimum,
id. 1, 2, 24:
utilissima,
id. 2, 10, 1:
maxime,
Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:
multo maxime miserabile,
Sall. C. 36, 4:
multo maxime ingenio validus,
id. J. 6, 1.—
3.
With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:
multo aliter,
Ter. And. prol. 4:
multo aliter ac sperabat,
far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:
quod non multo secus fieret, si,
not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —
4.
In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:
non multo ante urbem captam,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:
non multo ante,
not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:
multo ante,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:
non multo post, quam, etc.,
not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:
haud multo ante solis occasum,
Liv. 5, 39, 2:
multo ante noctem,
id. 27, 42, 13.—
5.
Very rarely with the positive for multum:
maligna multo,
very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—
6.
Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:
multo multoque longior,
far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:
multo multoque operosius est,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.
II.
Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.
A.
In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;
so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:
ne plus minusve loqueretur,
Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);
so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:
speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,
Mart. 8, 71, 4:
aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:
tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:
vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,
and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:
verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,
Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:
apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:
valet enim salus plus quam libido,
id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—
(β).
With a partitive gen.:
vultis pecuniae plus habere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:
nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,
plus virium,
id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:
plus hostium,
Liv. 2, 42:
plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:
in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:
plus ingenii,
id. ib. 1, 14, 22:
Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—
(γ).
With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):
non plus quam semel,
Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:
confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:
ne plus reddat quam acceperit,
id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:
non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:
plus quam decem dies abesse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:
nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,
with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—
(δ).
Without quam:
HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,
Liv. 24, 44:
plus milies audivi,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:
plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:
ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:
non plus mille quingentos aeris,
id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,
Liv. 31, 34:
cum plus annum aeger fuisset,
id. 40, 2:
parte plus dimidia rem auctam,
id. 29, 25.—
(ε).
With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:
VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:
ex his alius alio plus habet virium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:
alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,
Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:
in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:
annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:
plus aequo,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:
plus paulo,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:
paulo plus,
Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:
plus nimio,
overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:
uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—
2.
In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:
ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:
ager multo pluris est,
is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:
quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:
pluris emere,
dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,
vendere,
id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:
aedificare,
Col. 1, 4, 7:
pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,
of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:
mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:
facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4:
facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:
pluris habere,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:
aestimare,
id. Par. 6, 2, 48:
ducere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:
putare,
id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—
3.
Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—
4.
Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—
* 5.
Like magis, with an adj.:
plus formosus, for formosior,
Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—
B.
In the plur.
1.
Comparatively, more in number:
omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:
ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:
multo plura,
many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—
2.
In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;
1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18:
plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,
id. B. C. 3, 52:
summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,
Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:
pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,
id. 8, 4, 27:
quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,
Cic. Clu. 41, 115:
eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;
without verba: quid ego plura dicam?
id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:
pluribus haec exsecutus sum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;
also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
b.
Esp.: plures.
(α).
The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—
(β).
Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:
quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—
(γ).
The greater number, the majority:
plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,
Vulg. Act. 19, 32.
III.
Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):
hujus sunt plurima simulacra,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:
plurimae et maximae partes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 8:
plurimorum seculorum memoria,
id. ib. 3, 9, 14:
haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,
id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:
me plurima praeda onustum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:
sermo,
Quint. 2, 2, 5:
risus,
id. 6, 3, 85:
res,
id. 6, 1, 51:
exercitatio,
id. 8 prooem. §
28: mons,
very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:
cervix,
id. G. 3, 52:
Aetna,
Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:
medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:
coma plurima,
very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:
sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,
mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:
plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,
many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,
oleaster plurimus,
Verg. G. 2, 183:
qua plurima mittitur ales,
Mart. 9, 56, 1:
plurima lecta rosa est,
Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):
ut haberet quam plurimum,
as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:
caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:
et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
id. ib. 2, 9, 16:
si vero populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:
qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:
plurimum aliis praestare,
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
ut te plurimum diligam,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:
hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:
quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,
Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):
plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,
Min. Fel. Oct. 22:
gratulor,
id. ib. 40:
(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,
at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,
cum plurimum,
id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
(β).
In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:
artis,
Quint. 10, 5, 3:
auctoritatis et ponderis,
id. 9, 4, 91:
ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,
id. 10, 3, 1:
virtutum,
id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—
(γ).
In the gen. pretii:
plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:
quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,
Nep. Eum. 2, 2:
ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,
Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > moltus
9 multi

multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):
multi fortissimi viri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:
rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:
multae et magnae contentiones,
many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:
O multas et graves offensiones,
id. Att. 11, 7, 3:
multi et graves dolores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:
multi et varii timores,
Liv. 3, 16, 3:
multae bonaeque artes animi,
Sall. J. 28, 5:
multa et clara facinora,
Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:
multi improbi,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:
multi boni, docti, prudentes,
id. Fl. 4, 8:
multi nobiles,
id. Planc. 20, 50:
multa acerba habuit ille annus,
id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:
multa infanda,
Liv. 28, 12, 5:
multa falsa,
id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:
multa secunda proelia,
victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:
multa libera capita,
freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:
multae liberae civitates,
republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:
multos fortes viros,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:
multi clari viri,
noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:
multi primarii viri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:
multi clarissimi viri,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:
multi amplissimi viri,
id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:
multi honestissimi homines,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:
multi peritissimi homines,
id. Caecin. 24, 69:
multi summi homines,
id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:
multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,
id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:
in veteribus patronis multis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:
multa praeterea bella gravia,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:
multis suppliciis justis,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:
multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:
plurima signa pulcherrima,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:
virtutes animi multae et magnae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:
causas ille multas et graves habuit,
id. Clu. 30, 82;
and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,
id. Cael. 5, 12:
prodigia multa, foeda,
Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:
multi hominum,
Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:
multae silvestrium arborum,
id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:
nimium multa,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:
nimis multa,
id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:
insulae non ita multae,
not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:
parum multa scire,
too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:
quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,
as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:
minime multi remiges,
exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:
in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,
id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:
multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:
nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,
Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:
aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:
multa prece prosequi,
id. C. 4, 5, 33:
multa victima,
Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:
avis,
id. Am. 3, 5, 4:
tabella,
Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:
exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:
multo labore quaerere aliquid,
with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:
cura,
Sall. J. 7, 4:
sol,
much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:
multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,
Liv. 23, 30, 2:
multum sanguinem haurire,
Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:
multam harenam mare evomit,
id. 4, 6, 8:
arbor,
id. 7, 4, 26:
silva,
id. 8, 10, 14:
multae vestis injectu opprimi,
Tac. A. 6, 50:
multa et lauta supellex,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:
aurum,
Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:
libertas,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:
multam salutem dicere alicui,
to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:
cum auro et argento multo,
Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:
Itaque multum diei processerat,
a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:
ad multum diem,
till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:
multo adhuc die,
when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:
multo denique die,
when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:
multa nocte,
late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:
multo mane,
very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:
multa opinio, for multorum,
the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:
velut multa pace,
as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:
multus homo,
one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:
video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,
id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:
tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:
unus de multis esse,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;
potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,
id. Brut. 79, 274:
numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:
e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:
multum est,
it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:
ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,
Cic. Clu. 64, 181:
ne multis: Diogenes emitur,
id. ib. 16, 47:
quid multis moror?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:
multa reluctari,
Verg. G. 4, 301:
gemens,
id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:
deos testatus,
id. ib. 7, 593:
invehi,
Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):
haud multa moratus,
Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:
in multum velociores,
by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Too much, overmuch, excessive:
supellex modica, non multa,
Nep. Att. 13, 5.—
2.
In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:
qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:
ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,
id. ib. 2, 87, 358:
nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—
3.
Frequent, frequently present:
in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,
Sall. J. 96, 3:
multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:
hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:
instare,
Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
A.
multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):
salve multum, gnate mi,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:
multum vale,
farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:
hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,
id. Men. 2, 2, 42:
opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,
not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,
often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:
non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:
non multum confidere,
not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:
sunt in venationibus,
often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:
in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,
Cic. Brut. 48, 178:
multum fuisse cum aliquo,
to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:
sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:
gratia valere,
to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:
res multum et saepe quaesita,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:
longe omnes multumque superabit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:
multum et diu cogitans,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:
diu multumque scriptitare,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:
multum loquaces,
very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:
mepti labores,
very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:
multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,
much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:
multum robustior illo,
Juv. 19, 197:
majora,
Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:
haud multum infra viam,
Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:
haud multum post mortem ejus,
Tac. A. 5, 3:
ut multum,
at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—
B.
multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).
1.
With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:
multo tanto carior,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:
pauciores oratores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:
facilius atque expeditius iter,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:
virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,
Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:
multo ceteros anteibant,
Tac. H. 4, 13:
multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:
multo mavolo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:
meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—
2.
With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:
quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:
simulacrum multo antiquissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:
maxima pars,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:
multo id bellum maximum fuit,
Liv. 1, 11, 5:
pars multo maxima,
id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:
multo gratissima lux,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:
foedissimum,
Quint. 9, 4, 72:
optimum,
id. ib. 26:
pulcherrimum,
id. 1, 2, 24:
utilissima,
id. 2, 10, 1:
maxime,
Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:
multo maxime miserabile,
Sall. C. 36, 4:
multo maxime ingenio validus,
id. J. 6, 1.—
3.
With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:
multo aliter,
Ter. And. prol. 4:
multo aliter ac sperabat,
far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:
quod non multo secus fieret, si,
not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —
4.
In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:
non multo ante urbem captam,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:
non multo ante,
not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:
multo ante,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:
non multo post, quam, etc.,
not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:
haud multo ante solis occasum,
Liv. 5, 39, 2:
multo ante noctem,
id. 27, 42, 13.—
5.
Very rarely with the positive for multum:
maligna multo,
very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—
6.
Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:
multo multoque longior,
far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:
multo multoque operosius est,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.
II.
Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.
A.
In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;
so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:
ne plus minusve loqueretur,
Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);
so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:
speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,
Mart. 8, 71, 4:
aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:
tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:
vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,
and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:
verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,
Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:
apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:
valet enim salus plus quam libido,
id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—
(β).
With a partitive gen.:
vultis pecuniae plus habere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:
nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,
plus virium,
id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:
plus hostium,
Liv. 2, 42:
plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:
in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:
plus ingenii,
id. ib. 1, 14, 22:
Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—
(γ).
With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):
non plus quam semel,
Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:
confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:
ne plus reddat quam acceperit,
id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:
non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:
plus quam decem dies abesse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:
nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,
with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—
(δ).
Without quam:
HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,
Liv. 24, 44:
plus milies audivi,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:
plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:
ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:
non plus mille quingentos aeris,
id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,
Liv. 31, 34:
cum plus annum aeger fuisset,
id. 40, 2:
parte plus dimidia rem auctam,
id. 29, 25.—
(ε).
With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:
VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:
ex his alius alio plus habet virium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:
alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,
Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:
in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:
annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:
plus aequo,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:
plus paulo,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:
paulo plus,
Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:
plus nimio,
overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:
uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—
2.
In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:
ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:
ager multo pluris est,
is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:
quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:
pluris emere,
dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,
vendere,
id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:
aedificare,
Col. 1, 4, 7:
pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,
of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:
mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:
facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4:
facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:
pluris habere,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:
aestimare,
id. Par. 6, 2, 48:
ducere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:
putare,
id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—
3.
Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—
4.
Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—
* 5.
Like magis, with an adj.:
plus formosus, for formosior,
Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—
B.
In the plur.
1.
Comparatively, more in number:
omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:
ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:
multo plura,
many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—
2.
In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;
1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18:
plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,
id. B. C. 3, 52:
summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,
Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:
pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,
id. 8, 4, 27:
quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,
Cic. Clu. 41, 115:
eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;
without verba: quid ego plura dicam?
id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:
pluribus haec exsecutus sum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;
also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
b.
Esp.: plures.
(α).
The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—
(β).
Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:
quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—
(γ).
The greater number, the majority:
plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,
Vulg. Act. 19, 32.
III.
Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):
hujus sunt plurima simulacra,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:
plurimae et maximae partes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 8:
plurimorum seculorum memoria,
id. ib. 3, 9, 14:
haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,
id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:
me plurima praeda onustum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:
sermo,
Quint. 2, 2, 5:
risus,
id. 6, 3, 85:
res,
id. 6, 1, 51:
exercitatio,
id. 8 prooem. §
28: mons,
very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:
cervix,
id. G. 3, 52:
Aetna,
Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:
medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:
coma plurima,
very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:
sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,
mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:
plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,
many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,
oleaster plurimus,
Verg. G. 2, 183:
qua plurima mittitur ales,
Mart. 9, 56, 1:
plurima lecta rosa est,
Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):
ut haberet quam plurimum,
as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:
caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:
et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
id. ib. 2, 9, 16:
si vero populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:
qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:
plurimum aliis praestare,
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
ut te plurimum diligam,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:
hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:
quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,
Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):
plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,
Min. Fel. Oct. 22:
gratulor,
id. ib. 40:
(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,
at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,
cum plurimum,
id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
(β).
In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:
artis,
Quint. 10, 5, 3:
auctoritatis et ponderis,
id. 9, 4, 91:
ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,
id. 10, 3, 1:
virtutum,
id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—
(γ).
In the gen. pretii:
plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:
quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,
Nep. Eum. 2, 2:
ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,
Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > multi
10 multus

multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):
multi fortissimi viri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:
rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:
multae et magnae contentiones,
many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:
O multas et graves offensiones,
id. Att. 11, 7, 3:
multi et graves dolores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:
multi et varii timores,
Liv. 3, 16, 3:
multae bonaeque artes animi,
Sall. J. 28, 5:
multa et clara facinora,
Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:
multi improbi,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:
multi boni, docti, prudentes,
id. Fl. 4, 8:
multi nobiles,
id. Planc. 20, 50:
multa acerba habuit ille annus,
id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:
multa infanda,
Liv. 28, 12, 5:
multa falsa,
id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:
multa secunda proelia,
victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:
multa libera capita,
freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:
multae liberae civitates,
republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:
multos fortes viros,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:
multi clari viri,
noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:
multi primarii viri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:
multi clarissimi viri,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:
multi amplissimi viri,
id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:
multi honestissimi homines,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:
multi peritissimi homines,
id. Caecin. 24, 69:
multi summi homines,
id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:
multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,
id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:
in veteribus patronis multis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:
multa praeterea bella gravia,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:
multis suppliciis justis,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:
multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:
plurima signa pulcherrima,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:
virtutes animi multae et magnae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:
causas ille multas et graves habuit,
id. Clu. 30, 82;
and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,
id. Cael. 5, 12:
prodigia multa, foeda,
Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:
multi hominum,
Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:
multae silvestrium arborum,
id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:
nimium multa,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:
nimis multa,
id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:
insulae non ita multae,
not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:
parum multa scire,
too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:
quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,
as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:
minime multi remiges,
exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:
in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,
id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:
multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:
nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,
Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:
aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:
multa prece prosequi,
id. C. 4, 5, 33:
multa victima,
Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:
avis,
id. Am. 3, 5, 4:
tabella,
Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:
exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:
multo labore quaerere aliquid,
with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:
cura,
Sall. J. 7, 4:
sol,
much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:
multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,
Liv. 23, 30, 2:
multum sanguinem haurire,
Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:
multam harenam mare evomit,
id. 4, 6, 8:
arbor,
id. 7, 4, 26:
silva,
id. 8, 10, 14:
multae vestis injectu opprimi,
Tac. A. 6, 50:
multa et lauta supellex,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:
aurum,
Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:
libertas,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:
multam salutem dicere alicui,
to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:
cum auro et argento multo,
Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:
Itaque multum diei processerat,
a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:
ad multum diem,
till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:
multo adhuc die,
when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:
multo denique die,
when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:
multa nocte,
late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:
multo mane,
very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:
multa opinio, for multorum,
the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:
velut multa pace,
as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:
multus homo,
one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:
video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,
id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:
tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:
unus de multis esse,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;
potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,
id. Brut. 79, 274:
numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:
e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:
multum est,
it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:
ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,
Cic. Clu. 64, 181:
ne multis: Diogenes emitur,
id. ib. 16, 47:
quid multis moror?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:
multa reluctari,
Verg. G. 4, 301:
gemens,
id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:
deos testatus,
id. ib. 7, 593:
invehi,
Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):
haud multa moratus,
Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:
in multum velociores,
by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Too much, overmuch, excessive:
supellex modica, non multa,
Nep. Att. 13, 5.—
2.
In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:
qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:
ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,
id. ib. 2, 87, 358:
nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—
3.
Frequent, frequently present:
in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,
Sall. J. 96, 3:
multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:
hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:
instare,
Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
A.
multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):
salve multum, gnate mi,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:
multum vale,
farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:
hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,
id. Men. 2, 2, 42:
opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,
not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,
often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:
non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:
non multum confidere,
not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:
sunt in venationibus,
often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:
in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,
Cic. Brut. 48, 178:
multum fuisse cum aliquo,
to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:
sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:
gratia valere,
to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:
res multum et saepe quaesita,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:
longe omnes multumque superabit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:
multum et diu cogitans,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:
diu multumque scriptitare,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:
multum loquaces,
very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:
mepti labores,
very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:
multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,
much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:
multum robustior illo,
Juv. 19, 197:
majora,
Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:
haud multum infra viam,
Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:
haud multum post mortem ejus,
Tac. A. 5, 3:
ut multum,
at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—
B.
multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).
1.
With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:
multo tanto carior,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:
pauciores oratores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:
facilius atque expeditius iter,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:
virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,
Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:
multo ceteros anteibant,
Tac. H. 4, 13:
multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:
multo mavolo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:
meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—
2.
With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:
quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:
simulacrum multo antiquissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:
maxima pars,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:
multo id bellum maximum fuit,
Liv. 1, 11, 5:
pars multo maxima,
id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:
multo gratissima lux,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:
foedissimum,
Quint. 9, 4, 72:
optimum,
id. ib. 26:
pulcherrimum,
id. 1, 2, 24:
utilissima,
id. 2, 10, 1:
maxime,
Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:
multo maxime miserabile,
Sall. C. 36, 4:
multo maxime ingenio validus,
id. J. 6, 1.—
3.
With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:
multo aliter,
Ter. And. prol. 4:
multo aliter ac sperabat,
far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:
quod non multo secus fieret, si,
not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —
4.
In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:
non multo ante urbem captam,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:
non multo ante,
not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:
multo ante,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:
non multo post, quam, etc.,
not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:
haud multo ante solis occasum,
Liv. 5, 39, 2:
multo ante noctem,
id. 27, 42, 13.—
5.
Very rarely with the positive for multum:
maligna multo,
very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—
6.
Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:
multo multoque longior,
far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:
multo multoque operosius est,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.
II.
Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.
A.
In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;
so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:
ne plus minusve loqueretur,
Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);
so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:
speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,
Mart. 8, 71, 4:
aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:
tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:
vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,
and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:
verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,
Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:
apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:
valet enim salus plus quam libido,
id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—
(β).
With a partitive gen.:
vultis pecuniae plus habere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:
nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,
plus virium,
id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:
plus hostium,
Liv. 2, 42:
plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:
in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:
plus ingenii,
id. ib. 1, 14, 22:
Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—
(γ).
With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):
non plus quam semel,
Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:
confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:
ne plus reddat quam acceperit,
id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:
non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:
plus quam decem dies abesse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:
nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,
with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—
(δ).
Without quam:
HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,
Liv. 24, 44:
plus milies audivi,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:
plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:
ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:
non plus mille quingentos aeris,
id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,
Liv. 31, 34:
cum plus annum aeger fuisset,
id. 40, 2:
parte plus dimidia rem auctam,
id. 29, 25.—
(ε).
With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:
VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:
ex his alius alio plus habet virium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:
alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,
Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:
in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:
annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:
plus aequo,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:
plus paulo,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:
paulo plus,
Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:
plus nimio,
overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:
uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—
2.
In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:
ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:
ager multo pluris est,
is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:
quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:
pluris emere,
dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,
vendere,
id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:
aedificare,
Col. 1, 4, 7:
pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,
of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:
mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:
facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4:
facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:
pluris habere,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:
aestimare,
id. Par. 6, 2, 48:
ducere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:
putare,
id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—
3.
Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—
4.
Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—
* 5.
Like magis, with an adj.:
plus formosus, for formosior,
Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—
B.
In the plur.
1.
Comparatively, more in number:
omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:
ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:
multo plura,
many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—
2.
In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;
1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18:
plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,
id. B. C. 3, 52:
summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,
Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:
pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,
id. 8, 4, 27:
quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,
Cic. Clu. 41, 115:
eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;
without verba: quid ego plura dicam?
id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:
pluribus haec exsecutus sum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;
also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
b.
Esp.: plures.
(α).
The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—
(β).
Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:
quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—
(γ).
The greater number, the majority:
plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,
Vulg. Act. 19, 32.
III.
Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):
hujus sunt plurima simulacra,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:
plurimae et maximae partes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 8:
plurimorum seculorum memoria,
id. ib. 3, 9, 14:
haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,
id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:
me plurima praeda onustum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:
sermo,
Quint. 2, 2, 5:
risus,
id. 6, 3, 85:
res,
id. 6, 1, 51:
exercitatio,
id. 8 prooem. §
28: mons,
very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:
cervix,
id. G. 3, 52:
Aetna,
Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:
medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:
coma plurima,
very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:
sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,
mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:
plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,
many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,
oleaster plurimus,
Verg. G. 2, 183:
qua plurima mittitur ales,
Mart. 9, 56, 1:
plurima lecta rosa est,
Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):
ut haberet quam plurimum,
as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:
caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:
et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
id. ib. 2, 9, 16:
si vero populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:
qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:
plurimum aliis praestare,
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
ut te plurimum diligam,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:
hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:
quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,
Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):
plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,
Min. Fel. Oct. 22:
gratulor,
id. ib. 40:
(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,
at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,
cum plurimum,
id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
(β).
In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:
artis,
Quint. 10, 5, 3:
auctoritatis et ponderis,
id. 9, 4, 91:
ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,
id. 10, 3, 1:
virtutum,
id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—
(γ).
In the gen. pretii:
plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:
quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,
Nep. Eum. 2, 2:
ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,
Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > multus
11 plurimum

multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):
multi fortissimi viri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:
rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:
multae et magnae contentiones,
many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:
O multas et graves offensiones,
id. Att. 11, 7, 3:
multi et graves dolores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:
multi et varii timores,
Liv. 3, 16, 3:
multae bonaeque artes animi,
Sall. J. 28, 5:
multa et clara facinora,
Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:
multi improbi,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:
multi boni, docti, prudentes,
id. Fl. 4, 8:
multi nobiles,
id. Planc. 20, 50:
multa acerba habuit ille annus,
id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:
multa infanda,
Liv. 28, 12, 5:
multa falsa,
id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:
multa secunda proelia,
victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:
multa libera capita,
freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:
multae liberae civitates,
republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:
multos fortes viros,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:
multi clari viri,
noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:
multi primarii viri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:
multi clarissimi viri,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:
multi amplissimi viri,
id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:
multi honestissimi homines,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:
multi peritissimi homines,
id. Caecin. 24, 69:
multi summi homines,
id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:
multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,
id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:
in veteribus patronis multis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:
multa praeterea bella gravia,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:
multis suppliciis justis,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:
multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:
plurima signa pulcherrima,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:
virtutes animi multae et magnae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:
causas ille multas et graves habuit,
id. Clu. 30, 82;
and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,
id. Cael. 5, 12:
prodigia multa, foeda,
Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:
multi hominum,
Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:
multae silvestrium arborum,
id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:
nimium multa,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:
nimis multa,
id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:
insulae non ita multae,
not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:
parum multa scire,
too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:
quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,
as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:
minime multi remiges,
exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:
in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,
id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:
multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:
nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,
Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:
aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:
multa prece prosequi,
id. C. 4, 5, 33:
multa victima,
Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:
avis,
id. Am. 3, 5, 4:
tabella,
Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:
exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:
multo labore quaerere aliquid,
with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:
cura,
Sall. J. 7, 4:
sol,
much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:
multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,
Liv. 23, 30, 2:
multum sanguinem haurire,
Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:
multam harenam mare evomit,
id. 4, 6, 8:
arbor,
id. 7, 4, 26:
silva,
id. 8, 10, 14:
multae vestis injectu opprimi,
Tac. A. 6, 50:
multa et lauta supellex,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:
aurum,
Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:
libertas,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:
multam salutem dicere alicui,
to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:
cum auro et argento multo,
Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:
Itaque multum diei processerat,
a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:
ad multum diem,
till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:
multo adhuc die,
when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:
multo denique die,
when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:
multa nocte,
late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:
multo mane,
very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:
multa opinio, for multorum,
the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:
velut multa pace,
as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:
multus homo,
one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:
video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,
id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:
tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:
unus de multis esse,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;
potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,
id. Brut. 79, 274:
numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:
e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:
multum est,
it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:
ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,
Cic. Clu. 64, 181:
ne multis: Diogenes emitur,
id. ib. 16, 47:
quid multis moror?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:
multa reluctari,
Verg. G. 4, 301:
gemens,
id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:
deos testatus,
id. ib. 7, 593:
invehi,
Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):
haud multa moratus,
Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:
in multum velociores,
by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Too much, overmuch, excessive:
supellex modica, non multa,
Nep. Att. 13, 5.—
2.
In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:
qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:
ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,
id. ib. 2, 87, 358:
nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—
3.
Frequent, frequently present:
in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,
Sall. J. 96, 3:
multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:
hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:
instare,
Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
A.
multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):
salve multum, gnate mi,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:
multum vale,
farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:
hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,
id. Men. 2, 2, 42:
opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,
not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,
often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:
non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:
non multum confidere,
not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:
sunt in venationibus,
often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:
in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,
Cic. Brut. 48, 178:
multum fuisse cum aliquo,
to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:
sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:
gratia valere,
to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:
res multum et saepe quaesita,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:
longe omnes multumque superabit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:
multum et diu cogitans,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:
diu multumque scriptitare,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:
multum loquaces,
very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:
mepti labores,
very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:
multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,
much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:
multum robustior illo,
Juv. 19, 197:
majora,
Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:
haud multum infra viam,
Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:
haud multum post mortem ejus,
Tac. A. 5, 3:
ut multum,
at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—
B.
multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).
1.
With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:
multo tanto carior,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:
pauciores oratores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:
facilius atque expeditius iter,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:
virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,
Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:
multo ceteros anteibant,
Tac. H. 4, 13:
multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:
multo mavolo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:
meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—
2.
With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:
quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:
simulacrum multo antiquissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:
maxima pars,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:
multo id bellum maximum fuit,
Liv. 1, 11, 5:
pars multo maxima,
id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:
multo gratissima lux,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:
foedissimum,
Quint. 9, 4, 72:
optimum,
id. ib. 26:
pulcherrimum,
id. 1, 2, 24:
utilissima,
id. 2, 10, 1:
maxime,
Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:
multo maxime miserabile,
Sall. C. 36, 4:
multo maxime ingenio validus,
id. J. 6, 1.—
3.
With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:
multo aliter,
Ter. And. prol. 4:
multo aliter ac sperabat,
far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:
quod non multo secus fieret, si,
not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —
4.
In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:
non multo ante urbem captam,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:
non multo ante,
not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:
multo ante,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:
non multo post, quam, etc.,
not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:
haud multo ante solis occasum,
Liv. 5, 39, 2:
multo ante noctem,
id. 27, 42, 13.—
5.
Very rarely with the positive for multum:
maligna multo,
very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—
6.
Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:
multo multoque longior,
far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:
multo multoque operosius est,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.
II.
Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.
A.
In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;
so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:
ne plus minusve loqueretur,
Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);
so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:
speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,
Mart. 8, 71, 4:
aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:
tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:
vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,
and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:
verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,
Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:
apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:
valet enim salus plus quam libido,
id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—
(β).
With a partitive gen.:
vultis pecuniae plus habere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:
nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,
plus virium,
id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:
plus hostium,
Liv. 2, 42:
plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:
in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:
plus ingenii,
id. ib. 1, 14, 22:
Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—
(γ).
With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):
non plus quam semel,
Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:
confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:
ne plus reddat quam acceperit,
id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:
non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:
plus quam decem dies abesse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:
nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,
with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—
(δ).
Without quam:
HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,
Liv. 24, 44:
plus milies audivi,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:
plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:
ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:
non plus mille quingentos aeris,
id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,
Liv. 31, 34:
cum plus annum aeger fuisset,
id. 40, 2:
parte plus dimidia rem auctam,
id. 29, 25.—
(ε).
With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:
VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:
ex his alius alio plus habet virium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:
alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,
Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:
in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:
annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:
plus aequo,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:
plus paulo,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:
paulo plus,
Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:
plus nimio,
overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:
uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—
2.
In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:
ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:
ager multo pluris est,
is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:
quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:
pluris emere,
dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,
vendere,
id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:
aedificare,
Col. 1, 4, 7:
pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,
of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:
mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:
facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4:
facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:
pluris habere,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:
aestimare,
id. Par. 6, 2, 48:
ducere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:
putare,
id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—
3.
Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—
4.
Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—
* 5.
Like magis, with an adj.:
plus formosus, for formosior,
Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—
B.
In the plur.
1.
Comparatively, more in number:
omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:
ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:
multo plura,
many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—
2.
In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;
1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18:
plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,
id. B. C. 3, 52:
summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,
Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:
pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,
id. 8, 4, 27:
quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,
Cic. Clu. 41, 115:
eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;
without verba: quid ego plura dicam?
id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:
pluribus haec exsecutus sum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;
also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
b.
Esp.: plures.
(α).
The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—
(β).
Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:
quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—
(γ).
The greater number, the majority:
plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,
Vulg. Act. 19, 32.
III.
Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):
hujus sunt plurima simulacra,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:
plurimae et maximae partes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 8:
plurimorum seculorum memoria,
id. ib. 3, 9, 14:
haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,
id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:
me plurima praeda onustum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:
sermo,
Quint. 2, 2, 5:
risus,
id. 6, 3, 85:
res,
id. 6, 1, 51:
exercitatio,
id. 8 prooem. §
28: mons,
very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:
cervix,
id. G. 3, 52:
Aetna,
Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:
medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:
coma plurima,
very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:
sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,
mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:
plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,
many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,
oleaster plurimus,
Verg. G. 2, 183:
qua plurima mittitur ales,
Mart. 9, 56, 1:
plurima lecta rosa est,
Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):
ut haberet quam plurimum,
as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:
caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:
et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:
auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
id. ib. 2, 9, 16:
si vero populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:
qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:
plurimum aliis praestare,
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
ut te plurimum diligam,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:
hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:
quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,
Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):
plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,
Min. Fel. Oct. 22:
gratulor,
id. ib. 40:
(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,
at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,
cum plurimum,
id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
(β).
In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:
artis,
Quint. 10, 5, 3:
auctoritatis et ponderis,
id. 9, 4, 91:
ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,
id. 10, 3, 1:
virtutum,
id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—
(γ).
In the gen. pretii:
plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:
quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,
Nep. Eum. 2, 2:
ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,
Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > plurimum
12 plurimum

I plūrimum, ī n. [superl. к multum I ]
очень много, больше всего (alicujus rei C etc.)

quam p. C — как можно больше

plurimi esse C — быть в высшей степени ценным

plurimi facere Nep — ценить превыше всего

quam plurimo vendere C — продать как можно дороже

p., тж. quum p. и ut p. L, PM etc. — самое большее
II plūrimum adv. [superl. к multum II ]
1) очень много, больше всего (p. interest C)

2) большею частью

ibi p. est Ter — там он чаще всего бывает

Латинско-русский словарь > plurimum
13 multus

multus, a, um, Compar. plūs, plūris (subst.), Plur. plūrēs, n. plūra, selten plūria (adi. u. subst.), Superl. plürimus, a, um, viel, I) eig.: A) von der Menge, viel, zahlreich (Ggstz. paucus), 1) einzelner Gegenstände, verba, Cic.: viri, Cic.: multae pecuniae alienae, Cic.: multorum annorum tyrannis, Nep., laetitia, Cic., doctrina, Auct. b. Afr.: multorum angulorum forma, Boëth.: multi, viele, viele Menschen (Ggstz. pauci), Cic.: multi alii, Ter., auch bl. multi, viele andere, Suet.: saepe multi, viele andere zu einer anderen Zeit, Cic. u.a. (s. Kühner u. Meißner Cic. Tusc. 1, 74): insulae non ita multae, nicht gar sehr viele, Plin.: parum multi, allzu wenige, Cornif. rhet.: bene multi, ziemlich viele, Asin. Poll. (in Cic. ep.), Auct. b. Hisp. u. Ov.: minime multi, äußerst wenige, Cic.: quam minime multa vestigia, möglichst wenige, Nep.: multis verbis, weitläufig, Cic.: quid multa verba? was braucht's vieler Worte? kurz, Ter.: so auch quid multis moror? Ter.: ne multa od. ne multis, kurz, Cic.: m. partitivem Genet., multi hominum, Plin.: multae arborum, Plin. – multi (wie οἱ πολλοί), der große Haufe, die Menge, die gewöhnlichen Menschen, unus de multis, Cic.: qui non fuit orator unus e multis, Cic.: numerarer in multis, unter die gemeinen Redner, Cic.: auch vom Weibe, una e multis sit tibi, nicht besser als andere, Ov.: more multarum, Acc. tr. fr.: multa, viele Dinge, vieles, Cic. u.a.: nimis multa, Cic.: multa bene agere, viele glückliche Taten vollbringen, Eutr.: multis vastatis, nachdem viele Gegenden verwüstet worden waren, Eutr. – Compar., plures, Genet. plurium, mehrere, mehr als einer (Ggstz. pauci, aliqui, singuli, unus), Cic. u.a. – m. partit. Genet., plures vestrûm, Curt. – plura, Cic. u. (Ggstz. pauciora) Plin. ep.: plurium dierum hiems (Sturm), Plin.: plurium annorum indutiae, Liv.: plurium annorum officium, Plin.: plurium angulorum forma, Boëth.: pluribus verbis, Nep., od. bl. pluribus, Phaedr., weitläufiger: ne plura, Plin., od. quid plura? kurz, Cic.: nicht selten = complures, mehrere, verschiedene, viele, plures enixa partus, Liv.: pluribus verbis rogare, Cic. – insbes., plures, der große Haufe (Ggstz. pauciores, οἱ δλίγοι, die Vornehmen, Hochgestellten), Plaut. trin. 34: u. (wie οἱ πλείονες) euphem. v. den Toten, ad plures penetrare, zu seinen Vätern versammelt werden, Plaut. trin. 291 Sch.³: u. so ad plures abire, Petron. 42, 5. – Superl., plurimi, sehr viele, die meisten, Cic.: plurima simulacra, Caes.: saecula, Cic.: plurimi anni, Iustin.: plurimis verbis, sehr ausführlich, Cic. – auch kollekt., plurimus dicent, Hor. – m. partit. Genet., longe plurimos hostium occīdit, Liv.: plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fraternitas ducum, überaus am meisten begünstigte die P. usw., Flor. 4, 2, 74. – 2) eines Stoffes, caro, Cic.: sudor, Cic.: sanguis, Liv.: cruor, Val. Max.: aurum argentumque, Sall., aurum et argentum, Tac.: supellex, viel Hausrat, Nep.: victima, viele O., Ov., Verg.: avis, Ov. – Comparat., plus, so nur in der Volksspr., wie argentum in ostiarii illius cella plus iacet, Petron. 37, 8. – Superl., plurima praeda, Plaut.: vestis, stragula, Cic.: rosa, Ov.: Aetna, der größte Teil des A., Ov.

B) v. intensiver Fülle u. Stärke, viel, groß, stark, bedeutend, 1) im allg.: sol, heiße Sonne, Plin. u. Suet.: multo labore, Cic.: multā cum clade suorum, Liv.: cura, Sall.: libertas, Hor.: sermo, viel Gerede, Cic. (vgl. unten no. II, B): opinio, verbreitete, allgemeine Ansicht, Gell.: velut multā pace, wie im tiefen Frieden, Tac.: operam suam multam existimare, Cic.: multum est, es ist bedeutend, wichtig, es tut viel, es nützt sehr, Verg. – Superl., plurimus sol, Ov. u. Plin. ep.: plurima quā silva est, wo der Wald am dichtesten ist, Ov.: coma, Ov.: canities, Verg.: fons, Ov.: luna, der volle Mond, Mart.: labor, Hor.: risus, Quint.: sermo, Quint.: exercitatio, Quint.: salutem plurimam dicere, Plaut., od. plurimā salute impertire, Ter., seinen herzlichsten Gruß sagen. – 2) insbes., von den Tageszeiten, ad multum diem, bis weit in den Tag, Cic.: vides iam diem multum esse, daß der Tag schon weit vorgerückt ists, Plaut.: postquam multa iam dies erat, als es schon stark Tag war, Liv.: multo die, Caes.: multā luce, Sall. hist. fr.: multā nocte, spät in der Nacht, Cic.: multo adhuc die, da noch viel vom Tage übrig war, noch hoch am Tage, Tac.: multo mane, sehr früh, Cic.

C) von der Ausdehnung im Raume, groß, multa pars Europae, Liv.: et potes in toto multa iacēre toro, einen großen Raum einnehmend, Ov. – Superl., plurimus collis, Verg.

II) übtr.: A) in bezug auf die Rede, weitschweifig, weitläufig, breit, homo multus et odiosus, ein Schwätzer, Plaut.: ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim, Cic.: est multus in laudanda magnificentia, Cic.: de quibus multa ab illis habetur oratio, worüber sie sich in weitläufiger Rede verbreiten, Cic.

B) in bezug auf eine Tätigkeit, viel beschäftigt, viel verkehrend, eifrig, emsig, unablässig, häufig, in eodem genere causarum multus erat T. Iuventius, Cic.: multus et ferox instare, Sall.: ad vigilias multus adesse, Sall.: multus in eo proelio fuit Caesar, Flor.: eum cum Timaeo Locro multum fuisse, habe viel verkehrt mit usw., Cic. de rep. 1, 16: multa viri virtus multusque recursat honos, Verg.: dah. multum est, es ist häufig, man hört es oft, Cic. – Superl., legor plurimus in orbe, Ov.: plurima nantis in ore Alcyone coniunx, Ov.: cum libellis mihi plurimis sermo est, mit meinen Büchern unterhalte ich mich oft, Sen. ep. 67, 2.

C) in bezug auf das Verhalten, aufdringlich, lästig, qui in aliquo genere (Beziehung) aut inconcinnus aut multus est, Cic.: nimius est, multus est, er geht zu weit, er ist übertrieben in seiner Strenge, Val. imp. b. Vopisc.: dah. multus es et pathicus, du gibst dich vielen preis, Catull. – Davon:

lateinisch-deutsches > multus
14 plerusque

plērusque, raque, rumque, gew. Plur. plērīque, raeque, raque, eine große Anzahl, ein großer Teil, nicht wenige, nicht gerade die wenigsten, sehr viele, die meisten, im Sinne des eig. Superlativs, seit Livius auch abgeschwächt = viele, gar manche, Ggstz. unus, pauci; I) Plur.: α) absol.: plerique credebant, Ter.: plerique Belgae, Caes.: pleraeque boves, Varro: multi... plerique, Cic.: plerique... plures (noch mehrere), Tac. hist. 1, 86; 3, 81: multi... quidam... plerique... plurimi, Tac. hist. 4, 84: plerique... plurimi... toti (= omnes), Sidon. epist. 9, 14, 9: plerique omnes, meist alle, die allermeisten, pleraque omnia, meist alles, Komik. u. Gell. (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 29. Spengel u. Meißner Ter. Andr. 55): haec pleraque, pleraque illa, quae pleraque, ea ipsa pleraque, Cic.: cum pleraque possimus proferre testimonia, Nep.: non dubito fore plerosque, Nep.: pleraque (Acc. neutr.), in sehr vielen Fällen, größtenteils, Gell. 17, 19, 6. – in plerisque, in den meisten od. in sehr vielen Fällen, Cic. de amic. 13. Quint. 11, 1, 85. – β) mit Genet.: plerique nostrorum oratorum, Cic. or. 143: plerique Poenorum, Cic. Verr. 3, 12: plerique vestrûm, Cic. Clu. 117: plerique nostrûm, Colum. 1, 1, 19. Gell. 16, 9, 2: quorum plerique, Cic. de amic. 71. Sall. Iug. 74, 1: quarum (urbium) pleraeque, Liv. 5, 6, 9: plerique eorum, Cic. de inv. 1, 4; top. 80; ep. 5, 21, 1. Sall. Iug. 51, 9: eorum plerique, ibid. 54, 10: legentium plerique, Liv. praef. § 4: plerique Graecorum, Plin. ep. 5, 20, 4: plerique militum, Tac. hist. 1, 5. Curt. 4, 1 (6), 35. – γ) mit ex u. Abl.: plerisque ex factione eius corruptis, Sall. Iug. 29, 2. – II) Sing.: iuventus, Sall.: nobilitas, Sall.: exercitum plerumque opperiri iubet, Sall.: Africa, Sall.: Graecia, Gell. – Neutr. plerumque, a) subst., das Meiste, der größte Teil, noctis, Sall. Iug. 21, 2; 98, 6; 109, 4: per Europae plerumque, Liv. 45, 9, 2: so auch Plur., pleraque eius insulae, die meisten Teile, Curt. 4, 8 (34), 15: pleraque Hispaniae, die meisten Gegenden (Bezirke), Sulp. Sev. chron. 2, 46, 7. – b) adv.: α) meistens, meistenteils, insgemein, gewöhnlich, Cic. u.a. – β) zuweilen, Ps. Quint. decl. u. ICt.

lateinisch-deutsches > plerusque
15 quam

quam, Adv. (Akkusativform von qui, analog mit tam), auf welche Weise, wie, emphatisch – in welchem Grade, wie sehr, I) in der Korrelation: A) in Vergleichungen, a) in der Korrel. mit tam, s. 1. tam. – m. ausgelassenem tam: homo non, quam isti sunt, gloriosus, Liv.: exibit quam saepe, time, Tibull.: quam si = tamquam si, gleich als wenn, als ob, wie, Cic. Planc. 60. – So, mit u. ohne tam, namentlich α) bei possum (queo), zB. tam consimilis (imago) est, quam potest, so ähnlich wie möglich, möglichst ähnlich, Plaut.: tam confido, quam potest, so sehr wie möglich, Plaut. – gew. mit ausgelassenem tam, tusa cribrataque vino qu. possit excellenti, so ausgezeichnetem wie möglich, Plin.: öfter beim Superl., qu. maximā possum voce dico, mit so sehr starker St. wie möglich, Cic.: qu. queas minimo, Ter.: quam verissime potero, Sall.: quam maximis potest itineribus, Caes.: qu. celerrime potuit, Caes. – u. elliptisch ohne possum, möglichst, recht sehr, gar sehr, bei Adii. u. Advv. im Posit. u. Superl., cena quam opima, Auct. b. Hisp.: sementes quam maximas facere, Caes.: quam plurimi colles, Caes.: quam plurimi dies, Plin. ep.: hortor, ut quam plurima proferas, Plin. ep.: quam plurimo (möglichst teuer) vendere, Cic.: suos valde quam paucos habet, gar sehr wenige, Brut. in Cic. ep.: nimis quam, möglichst sehr, gar sehr, Plaut.: quam familiariter, Ter. – qu. maximus numerus, eine möglichst große Z., Caes.: qu. saepissime, möglichst oft, Cic.: qu. maxime, s. māximē( unter magis) no. I, B, a: qu. primum, sobald wie möglich, möglichst bald, Cic. u.a. – bei Verbb.: nam, quod de Pompeio Caninius agit, sane quam refrixit, Cic. ad Q. fr. 2, 4 (6), 5 – β) (mit ausgelass. tam): quam longus est, so lang... ist, d.i. der (die, das) ganze lange, nocte, quam longa est, die ganze lange N., Verg.: hiemem, quam longa (est), den g. l. Winter, Verg – b) in der Korrel. mit tantus, tanti, tanto, s. tantus. – c) in der Korrel. mit sic: quam multā grandine nimbi crepitant, sic heros... pulsat, Verg. Aen. 5, 458 sq.; u. mit ausgelass. sic, Verg. Aen. 6, 305 sqq. – d) in der Korrelation mit einem Komparativ und mit Begriffen, die eine vergleichende Beziehung zulassen, wie, als, maior pecunia, qu. quanta, Cic.: plures, qu. quot, Cic., u. bl. plures, quam, Liv.: plus, quam quod, Cic.: nihil est magis timendum, quam etc., Cic.: his quam physicis potius credendum, Cic.: prius quam, s. prius. – u. quam qui, quam ut nach dem den zu hohen Grad bezeichnenden Komparativ, maior sum, quam cui possit etc., zu groß, als daß usw., Ov.: indulgebat sibi liberius, quam ut etc., Nep. – nach magis mit Positiv zur Umschreibung des Komparativs, magis audacter, quam parate, Cic.; u. nach dem Komparativ st. magis mit Positiv, vehementius quam caute, Tac. – regelmäßig auch im zweiten Gliede der Komparativ des Adi. u. Adv. (wo im Deutschen der Positiv steht), wenn angegeben werden soll, daß die erste Eigenschaft die zweite überwiegt, deutsch gew. mehr mit Positiv... als mit Positiv, longior quam latior, Cic.: libentius qu. verius, Cic. – durch eine Art Anakoluth beide Adii. im Positiv, indem die vergleichende Beziehung, die anfänglich nicht berücksichtigt wurde, nachträglich hinzugefügt wird (vgl. Passows griech. Handwörterb. unter ἤ), tacita bona est mulier quam loquens, mehr als eine, Plaut.: claris maioribus quam vetustis, mehr als von alten Ahnen, Tac. – ebenso in der Vergleichung zweier Subst., nec me mea ars, quam benevolentia perturbat, mehr als, Curt.: cedere loco consilii quam formidinis arbitrantur, mehr als der F., Tac. – in der Korrel. mit einem Superl. in der Bedeutung eines gesteigerten Compar., cum tyranno, quam qui umquam saevissimo, Liv. – nach den eine Vergleichung zulassenden Verben malle und pleon. magis malle, potius malle, s. mālo: nach praestat, Caes. b. G. 7, 17, 4: nach statuo, Nep. Dat. 8, 1: nach probo, Tac. ann. 1, 58: nach volo, Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6. – nach den eine Vergleichung zulassenden Begriffen, wie nach aeque (ebenso), nach plus (mehr), supra (mehr), ultra (weiter), contra, secus, alius, aliter, alibi, dissimilis, diversus, s.d. WW. – mit ausgelassenem alius, ne quis Asiae rex sit quam ille, keiner (= kein anderer) als usw., Curt.: quid est compati, quam cum alio pati, was ist M. (anderes) als usw., Tert. – so auch nach Zahlbegriffen, haud centesimam partem laudat, quam etc., Plaut.: intra quintum, quam affuerat, diem, Suet.: ut vix dimidium, quam quod acceperat, tradiderit, Liv.: ferramenta duplicia, quam numerus servorum exigit, Colum. – endlich quam pro mit Ablat. eines Subst. nach Komparativen u. Zahlbegriffen, um anzugeben, daß der verglichene Ggstd. mit dem zur Vergleichung gezogenen im Mißverhältnisse steht, deutsch als im Verhältnis zu usw. als man nach Verhältnis des u. des usw. erwarten durfte, proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium editur, Liv.: multiplex quam pro numero damnum est, Liv. – B) in der Korrelation mit Zeitbegriffen, als, nachdem, postero die od. postridie quam etc., Cic.: pridie quam etc., Cic.: saeculis multis ante, quam etc., Cic.: venerunt post diem sextum, quam etc., Cic. fil.: septimo die, quam etc., Liv. – II) außer der Korrelation, zur Bezeichnung des Grades, wie, in welchem Grade, wie sehr, wie wenig, wie so gar nicht, a) in indirekter Rede, α) bei Advv. u. Adii.: memoriā tenetis, quam valde admurmurarint, Cic.: nescis, quam magnum flagitium admiseris, Petron.: quam sint morosi, qui amant, vel ex hoc intellegi potest, Cic.: ut illud, quod cupiat, ostendatur, quam leve, quam contemnendum, quam nihil (wie wenig wert) sit omnino, Cic. – β) bei Verben: nescis, quam doleam, Ter.: illuc intendenda mens, quam omnia ad victoriam spectent, Quint. – attende iam, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatus mei, wie wenig ich meine konsularische Wirksamkeit verleugne, Cic. – b) in der Frage u. im Ausruf, α) bei Advv. u. Adii.: quasi ego, quam dudum? rogem, Ter.: quam multum? Quint. – quam cito illa omnia ex laetitia et voluptate ad luctum et lacrimas recĭderunt! Cic.: quam nihil est totus homuncio! wie so gar nichts, Petron.: quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando! Cic.: quam multa quam paucis! Cic. – β) bei Verben: quam gaudeo! Ter.: quam timeo, quorsum evadas! Ter.: ut se accusari nolunt, quam cupiunt laudari! Cic.: quam hoc non curo! wie wenig kümmere ich mich darum! Cic.

lateinisch-deutsches > quam
16 Mehrheit

Mehrheit, maior pars. maior numerus (ein größerer Teil, eine größere Anzahl, im Vergleich mit einer andern Anzahl. Vgl. »Majorität«). – multitudo (übh. eine überlegene Menge, Anzahl). – Ost auch durch plures (mehrere) od. plurimi (die meisten), z.B. die M. der Geschichtschreiber, plures auctores: Servius sorgte dafür, daß nicht die M. galt, Servius curavit, ne plurimum plurimi valerent. – die M. der Stimmen, s. Stimmenmehrheit.

deutsch-lateinisches > Mehrheit
17 viel

viel, multus( Adv. multum u. multo). – viele, multi; non pauci (nicht wenige); frequens. frequentes (in großer Zahl sich einfindend, von leb. Wesen). – sehr v., permultus( Adv. permultum). – sehr viele, permulti; plurimi; plerique (mit dem Unterschied, daß perm. u. plur. von dem positiven Begriff »viel« ausgehen, »eine sehr große Zahl oder Menge«, dagegen plerique von dem negativen Begriff »wenig«, unser »gerade nicht die wenigsten, die Mehrzahl«; dah. plerique mit der 2. Pers. Plur. des Verbums unser »ihr in der Mehrzahl = sehr viele von euch«, z.B. plerique meministis). [2565] – Zu bemerken ist, daß im Lateinischen multus, permultus u. plurimus mit dem andern Adjektiv durch die Kopula et (atque, ac) oder durch isque verbunden werden, wenn das Adjektiv »viel« ebenso wesentlich u. selbständig istwie das darauffolgende, z.B. viele wichtige Gedanken, multae et graves cogitationes; multae cogitationes eaeque graves: sehr v. große Teile haben, habere permultas et magnas partes. – Ferner, daß die Lateiner mit multi, permulti, plurimi u. plerique u. mit dem Neutr. multum, plurimum den Genetiv verbinden, wenn durch dieselben nicht der Begriff einer ganzen Masse, sondern eines großen Teilsvon einem Ganzen bezeichnet wird, wo wir im Deutschen oft »viele von« etc. setzen, z.B. viele Menschen, multi hominum: v. von diesen Bäumen, multae istarum arborum: sehr v. Feinde oder von den Feinden, permulti hostium: viele, sehr v. Mühe, multum, plurimum laboris: sehr v. Punier oder von den Puniern, plerique Poenorum: sehr v. Leser, legentium plerique. – Ist »viel, sehr viel« = eine Menge, eine große, ungeheuere Menge, so wird es durch die Ausdrücke unter »Menge« gegeben. – etwas v. haben, abundare alqā re (Überfluß haben etc., z.B. Muße, otio). – v. mit jmd. umgehen, multum esse cum alqo; multum uti alqo. – Bei Komparativen steht multo od. permulto (um vieles, um sehr vieles) und (seit Liv.) longe (weit), zuw. auch multis partibus (in vielen Stücken, Beziehungen), z.B. viel mehr, multo plura: v. mehr, v. weniger, multo magis, multo minus: v. besser, multo od. longe melius: v. größer sein, multis partibus maiorem esse. – um vieles, multo. – es fehlte nicht viel, daß etc., non multum od. non longe afuit, quin etc. – sich viel wissen, magnos spiritus sumere: sich v. auf etw. wissen, alqd iactare, – zu v., nimius( Adv. nimis u. nimium): zu vieles, nimis multum; nimis od. nimium multa(n. pl.): mehr als zu v., abunde: zu viel sein, abundare: etw. mehr als zu v. haben, abundare alqā re: ich habe mehr als zu v., wenn etc., mihi abunde est, si etc.: wir haben der Feinde noch zu v., hostium nimis multum superest: zu v. ist ungesund, ne quid nimis (sprichw., Ter. Andr. 61): das war zu v., iam intolerabilis ea res erat: in der Sache zu v. oder zu wenig getan haben, aut excessisse aut non implesse officii sui partes: v. und gut ist nicht beisammen, omnia praeclara rara. – so viel, s. soviel. – wieviel, s. wie no. I u. III.

deutsch-lateinisches > viel
18 cupio

cŭpĭo, ĕre, īvi (ĭi), ītum    - tr. et qqf. intr. -    - formes sync. cupisti, cupisset, cupisse fréq. dans Cic. --- 4° conj. cupiret Lucr. 1, 71; cupire, Commod. instr. 2, 7, 15; cupiri, Aug. Ep. 3, 5. [st1]1 [-] désirer passionnément, avoir envie de, souhaiter, convoiter.    - novas res cupere, Sall. J. 70, 1: aspirer à une révolution (désirer un changement politique).    - domum alius, alius agros cupere (inf. de narration), Sall. C. 11. 4: l'un convoitait une maison, l'autre des terres.    - cupio omnia quae vis, Hor. S. 1, 9, 5: je suis tout à ton service (formule de politesse).    - imperia minime mihi cupienda videntur, Sall. J. 3: les commandements militaires ne me semblent nullement désirables.    - avec inf. - cupere proelium facere, Sall. J. 57, 4: désirer livrer bataille.    - de Caesare cupio audire quid Atticus judicet, Cic. Brut.: sur César, je voudrais bien entendre le jugement d'Atticus.    - pro se quisque operam navare cupiebat, Caes. BG. 2: chacun désirait faire de son mieux.    - dissoluti si cupiamus esse Cic. Verr. 4, 115: même si nous désirions être indifférents.    - cum quid efficere possent perspici cuperent, Caes. B. G. 3: désirant faire voir ce dont ils étaient capables.    - avec sub. inf. - te tuā frui virtute cupimus, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: nous désirons te voir cueillir le fruit de ta vertu.    - (Pausanias) se tecum affinitate conjungi cupit, Nep. Paus. 2: il désire s'unir à toi par les liens du sang.    - cupio me esse clementem Cic. Cat. 1, 4: je désire être indulgent.    - quem servatum esse plurimi cupiunt Cic. Clu. 200: dont un très grand nombre désirent le salut.    - qui patriam exstinctam cupit Cic. Fin. 4, 66: celui qui désire la ruine de sa patrie.    - cupio ut impetret, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 34: je souhaite qu'il obtienne.    - cupere ne... Plin.jn.: souhaiter que... ne... pas.    - avec locatif - quamquam domi cupio, opperiar, Plaut. Trin.: bien que j'aie envie de retourner chez moi, je vais attendre.    - avec gén. (arch.) - cupere alicujus, Plaut.: être amoureux de qqn. [st1]2 [-] demander à (en parl. des choses).    - asperiora vina rigari cupiunt, Plin. 17: les vins trop durs demandent à être coupés. [st1]3 [-] s'intéresser à, être bien disposé pour, vouloir du bien à, être partial.    - cupere alicui: vouloir du bien à qqn, s’intéresser à qqn.    - cupere Helvetiis, Caes.: porter intérêts aux Helvètes.    - vehementer alicujus causā cupere, Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1: s'intéresser vivement à qqn.
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cŭpĭo, ĕre, īvi (ĭi), ītum    - tr. et qqf. intr. -    - formes sync. cupisti, cupisset, cupisse fréq. dans Cic. --- 4° conj. cupiret Lucr. 1, 71; cupire, Commod. instr. 2, 7, 15; cupiri, Aug. Ep. 3, 5. [st1]1 [-] désirer passionnément, avoir envie de, souhaiter, convoiter.    - novas res cupere, Sall. J. 70, 1: aspirer à une révolution (désirer un changement politique).    - domum alius, alius agros cupere (inf. de narration), Sall. C. 11. 4: l'un convoitait une maison, l'autre des terres.    - cupio omnia quae vis, Hor. S. 1, 9, 5: je suis tout à ton service (formule de politesse).    - imperia minime mihi cupienda videntur, Sall. J. 3: les commandements militaires ne me semblent nullement désirables.    - avec inf. - cupere proelium facere, Sall. J. 57, 4: désirer livrer bataille.    - de Caesare cupio audire quid Atticus judicet, Cic. Brut.: sur César, je voudrais bien entendre le jugement d'Atticus.    - pro se quisque operam navare cupiebat, Caes. BG. 2: chacun désirait faire de son mieux.    - dissoluti si cupiamus esse Cic. Verr. 4, 115: même si nous désirions être indifférents.    - cum quid efficere possent perspici cuperent, Caes. B. G. 3: désirant faire voir ce dont ils étaient capables.    - avec sub. inf. - te tuā frui virtute cupimus, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: nous désirons te voir cueillir le fruit de ta vertu.    - (Pausanias) se tecum affinitate conjungi cupit, Nep. Paus. 2: il désire s'unir à toi par les liens du sang.    - cupio me esse clementem Cic. Cat. 1, 4: je désire être indulgent.    - quem servatum esse plurimi cupiunt Cic. Clu. 200: dont un très grand nombre désirent le salut.    - qui patriam exstinctam cupit Cic. Fin. 4, 66: celui qui désire la ruine de sa patrie.    - cupio ut impetret, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 34: je souhaite qu'il obtienne.    - cupere ne... Plin.jn.: souhaiter que... ne... pas.    - avec locatif - quamquam domi cupio, opperiar, Plaut. Trin.: bien que j'aie envie de retourner chez moi, je vais attendre.    - avec gén. (arch.) - cupere alicujus, Plaut.: être amoureux de qqn. [st1]2 [-] demander à (en parl. des choses).    - asperiora vina rigari cupiunt, Plin. 17: les vins trop durs demandent à être coupés. [st1]3 [-] s'intéresser à, être bien disposé pour, vouloir du bien à, être partial.    - cupere alicui: vouloir du bien à qqn, s’intéresser à qqn.    - cupere Helvetiis, Caes.: porter intérêts aux Helvètes.    - vehementer alicujus causā cupere, Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1: s'intéresser vivement à qqn.
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    Cupio, cupis, cupiui, cupitum, pe. prod. cupere. Plaut. Convoiter, Desirer.

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    Tectius cupere. Ouid. Plus couvertement.

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    Cupio omnia quae tu vis. Plaut. Je suis prest de te faire plaisir et service en tout ce que tu vouldras.

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    Cupit te conuentum. Plaut. Il desire et ha envie de parler à toy.

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    Cupere nuptias. Terent. Avoir faim d'estre marié.

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    Cupit te videre. Plaut. Il ha grand desir de te veoir.

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    Cupere alicui. Caesar. Avoir envie de luy faire tout plaisir et service.

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    Cupere omnia alicuius causa. Cic. Ne demander autre chose que de faire plaisir à aucun, Vouloir faire tous les plaisirs du monde à quelqu'un.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > cupio
19 curo

cūro, āre, āvi, ātum [cura] - tr. -    - formes arch. coiro, Cil 1, 801, etc. ; coero Cic. Leg. 3, 10; Cil 1, 563, etc. ; couro Cil 9, 3574, etc. ; coro Cil 14, 2837; quro Cil 6, 32806, etc. --- subj. parf. curassis Paut. Most. 526; etc. ; inf. pass. curarier Plaut. Capt. 737, etc. [st1]1 [-] soigner, donner ses soins à, avoir soin de, s’occuper de, s'intéresser à, prendre en considération, veiller à, faire attention à, faire le nécessaire.    - negotia aliena curare: s’occuper des affaires d’autrui.    - curare aliquem: veiller sur qqn, l’entourer de soin, de prévenances.    - cura alia, Plaut. (cura aliud, Ter.): ne t'inquiète pas (sois tranquille).    - curabitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70: on fera attention.    - curare ut...: veiller à ce que..., avoir soin de...    - cura ut valeas: prends soin de te bien porter (formule employée à la fin d'une lettre).    - curare ne...: veiller à ce que... ne... pas, avoir soin de ne pas...    - curare + inf.: se soucier de, se donner la peine de.    - scire curare, Cic.: se soucier de savoir.    - praeter animum nihil curant, Cic. Fin. 4: ils ne songent absolument qu'à l'esprit.    - de Annio curasti probe, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: tu as bien réglé mon affaire avec Annius.    - de emendo nihil curat hoc tempore, Cic.: il ne songe nullement à acheter en ce moment.    - avec part. passé passif - inventum tibi curabo tuom Pamphilum, Ter. And.: je ferai en sorte de te trouver ton Pamphile.    - avec adj. verbal - pontem faciundum curat, Caes. BG. 1, 13, 1: il fait faire un pont.    - muros reficiendos curat, Nep.: il fait rétablir les murs.    - obsides inter eos dandos curaverat, Caes. BG. 1, 19, 1: il leur avait fait échanger des otages.    - avec dat. arch. - rebus publicis curare, Plaut. Trin. 1057: donner ses soins aux affaires publiques. [st1]2 [-] s'occuper d'une chose officielle: administrer, commander, diriger.    - curare mandatum, Cic. Att. 5, 7: exécuter un ordre.    - bellum curare, Liv.: diriger une guerre.    - Asiam curare: administrer (gouverner) l’Asie.    - curare res Romae, Liv.: administrer la ville de Rome.    - absol. - duo additi qui Romae curarent, Tac. An. 11, 22: deux [questeurs] furent ajoutés pour remplir leur office à Rome.    - Marius in postremo loco curabat, Sall. J. 46, 7: Marius commandait l'arrière-garde.    - Manlium in dextra, Faesulanum quendam in sinistra parte curare jubet, Sall. C. 59: il donne à Manlius le commandement de l'aile droite, à un homme de Fésules celui de l'aile gauche. [st1]3 [-] soigner, traiter, guérir.    - curare vulnus, Liv.: soigner une blessure.    - cūrans, antis, m. (= medicus), Cels. 3, 8, 5: le médecin.    - plurimi sub errore curantis moriuntur, Cels. 3, 8, 5: beaucoup de malades succombent par la faute du médecin.    - cūrandus, i, m. Col. 7, 2, 12: le patient, le malade.    - medicinae pars, quae manu curat, Cels. 7: la partie de la médecine qui soigne avec les mains (= la chirurgie).    - provinciam curare, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2: traiter = gouverner une province. [st1]4 [-] soigner le corps, orner, parer; panser (les animaux).    - Aegyptii jussi corpus Alexandri suo more curare, Curt. 10: les Egyptiens reçurent l'ordre d'ensevelir le corps selon leur coutume.    - funus curare, Ter.: rendre les derniers devoirs.    - nunc corpora curare tempus est, Liv. 21, 54: maintenant, c'est le moment de reprendre des forces.    - curare bovem, Hor.: panser un boeuf. [st1]5 [-] procurer (en achetant), acheter, payer, faire payer.    - redemptori tuo dimidium pecuniae curavi, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2: j’ai fait payer à ton entrepreneur la moitié de la somme.    - ea abs te parvo curata sunt, Cic. Att. 1: ces achats, tu les as faits à bas prix.    - rogant eum ut sibi id quod ab ipsis abisset pecuniae curet, Cic. Verr. 2, 55: ils lui demandent de leur régler la somme qu'ils ont déboursée. [st1]6 [-] traiter, héberger, régaler; courtiser.    - curare genium mero, Hor.: ** soigner son génie avec du vin pur** = se régaler de vin pur.    - age sis, eamus, nos curemus; plaudite, Plaut.: hé bien! si tu veux, allons nous restaurer; applaudissez.    - pelliculam curare, Hor.: prendre soin de sa petite personne.    - ego id quaero hospitium, ubi ego curer mollius, quam regi Antiocho oculi curari solent, Plaut. Poen.: je cherche un logement où je sois traité plus agréablement qu'on ne traite les yeux du roi Antiochus.
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cūro, āre, āvi, ātum [cura] - tr. -    - formes arch. coiro, Cil 1, 801, etc. ; coero Cic. Leg. 3, 10; Cil 1, 563, etc. ; couro Cil 9, 3574, etc. ; coro Cil 14, 2837; quro Cil 6, 32806, etc. --- subj. parf. curassis Paut. Most. 526; etc. ; inf. pass. curarier Plaut. Capt. 737, etc. [st1]1 [-] soigner, donner ses soins à, avoir soin de, s’occuper de, s'intéresser à, prendre en considération, veiller à, faire attention à, faire le nécessaire.    - negotia aliena curare: s’occuper des affaires d’autrui.    - curare aliquem: veiller sur qqn, l’entourer de soin, de prévenances.    - cura alia, Plaut. (cura aliud, Ter.): ne t'inquiète pas (sois tranquille).    - curabitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70: on fera attention.    - curare ut...: veiller à ce que..., avoir soin de...    - cura ut valeas: prends soin de te bien porter (formule employée à la fin d'une lettre).    - curare ne...: veiller à ce que... ne... pas, avoir soin de ne pas...    - curare + inf.: se soucier de, se donner la peine de.    - scire curare, Cic.: se soucier de savoir.    - praeter animum nihil curant, Cic. Fin. 4: ils ne songent absolument qu'à l'esprit.    - de Annio curasti probe, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: tu as bien réglé mon affaire avec Annius.    - de emendo nihil curat hoc tempore, Cic.: il ne songe nullement à acheter en ce moment.    - avec part. passé passif - inventum tibi curabo tuom Pamphilum, Ter. And.: je ferai en sorte de te trouver ton Pamphile.    - avec adj. verbal - pontem faciundum curat, Caes. BG. 1, 13, 1: il fait faire un pont.    - muros reficiendos curat, Nep.: il fait rétablir les murs.    - obsides inter eos dandos curaverat, Caes. BG. 1, 19, 1: il leur avait fait échanger des otages.    - avec dat. arch. - rebus publicis curare, Plaut. Trin. 1057: donner ses soins aux affaires publiques. [st1]2 [-] s'occuper d'une chose officielle: administrer, commander, diriger.    - curare mandatum, Cic. Att. 5, 7: exécuter un ordre.    - bellum curare, Liv.: diriger une guerre.    - Asiam curare: administrer (gouverner) l’Asie.    - curare res Romae, Liv.: administrer la ville de Rome.    - absol. - duo additi qui Romae curarent, Tac. An. 11, 22: deux [questeurs] furent ajoutés pour remplir leur office à Rome.    - Marius in postremo loco curabat, Sall. J. 46, 7: Marius commandait l'arrière-garde.    - Manlium in dextra, Faesulanum quendam in sinistra parte curare jubet, Sall. C. 59: il donne à Manlius le commandement de l'aile droite, à un homme de Fésules celui de l'aile gauche. [st1]3 [-] soigner, traiter, guérir.    - curare vulnus, Liv.: soigner une blessure.    - cūrans, antis, m. (= medicus), Cels. 3, 8, 5: le médecin.    - plurimi sub errore curantis moriuntur, Cels. 3, 8, 5: beaucoup de malades succombent par la faute du médecin.    - cūrandus, i, m. Col. 7, 2, 12: le patient, le malade.    - medicinae pars, quae manu curat, Cels. 7: la partie de la médecine qui soigne avec les mains (= la chirurgie).    - provinciam curare, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2: traiter = gouverner une province. [st1]4 [-] soigner le corps, orner, parer; panser (les animaux).    - Aegyptii jussi corpus Alexandri suo more curare, Curt. 10: les Egyptiens reçurent l'ordre d'ensevelir le corps selon leur coutume.    - funus curare, Ter.: rendre les derniers devoirs.    - nunc corpora curare tempus est, Liv. 21, 54: maintenant, c'est le moment de reprendre des forces.    - curare bovem, Hor.: panser un boeuf. [st1]5 [-] procurer (en achetant), acheter, payer, faire payer.    - redemptori tuo dimidium pecuniae curavi, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2: j’ai fait payer à ton entrepreneur la moitié de la somme.    - ea abs te parvo curata sunt, Cic. Att. 1: ces achats, tu les as faits à bas prix.    - rogant eum ut sibi id quod ab ipsis abisset pecuniae curet, Cic. Verr. 2, 55: ils lui demandent de leur régler la somme qu'ils ont déboursée. [st1]6 [-] traiter, héberger, régaler; courtiser.    - curare genium mero, Hor.: ** soigner son génie avec du vin pur** = se régaler de vin pur.    - age sis, eamus, nos curemus; plaudite, Plaut.: hé bien! si tu veux, allons nous restaurer; applaudissez.    - pelliculam curare, Hor.: prendre soin de sa petite personne.    - ego id quaero hospitium, ubi ego curer mollius, quam regi Antiocho oculi curari solent, Plaut. Poen.: je cherche un logement où je sois traité plus agréablement qu'on ne traite les yeux du roi Antiochus.
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    Curo, curas, curare. Cic. Soingner, Avoir cure et soing de quelque chose.

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    Faciemus, alia cura. Plaut. Ne t'en soulcie.

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    Cedere Ciceronem domo et patria curasti. Cic. Tu as tant faict, que Cicero a esté contrainct de quicter et abandonner sa maison et son pais.

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    Non curat redire. Cic. Il ne luy chault de revenir, Il ne se soulcie point de retourner, Il n'a cure de, etc.

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    Curasti probe. Terent. Tu as bien faict, Tu es diligent, C'est bien exploicté à toy.

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    Ego istaec moueo aut curo. Terent. Je m'en soulcie bien. Dict par mocquerie.

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    Adhuc curaui vnum hoc quidem, vt mihi esset fides. Terent. J'ay tousjours jusques à l'heure presente mis peine, et prins garde, etc.

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    Cura vt valeas. Cic. Mets peine que tu te portes bien, ou à te guarir.

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    Quid me curas, quid rerum geram? Plaut. Qu'as tu à faire que c'est que je face?

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    Curare aedes. Plaut. Avoir soing d'entretenir sa maison.

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    Curare se, et aetatem suam. Plaut. Se penser et faire grand chere.

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    Te curasti molliter. Terent. Tu t'es bien traicté.

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    Curare corpora sua somno et cibo. Liu. Se reposer et rapaistre pour estre plus frais à combatre.

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    Curare aegrotos. Plaut. Avoir soing des malades, Penser des malades.

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    Aliena. Terent. Se mesler des affaires d'autruy.

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    Amicos. Plaut. Traicter. \ Boues. Plaut. Penser les boeufs.

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    Animi conscientiam non curat improbus. Cic. Il ne s'en soulcie point.

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    Conuiuia curare. Virgil. Faire, Apprester.

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    Corpora. Virgil. Traicter, Repaistre.

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    Cutem. Iuuenal. Faire grand chere, Se bien traicter, Se donner du bon temps.

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    Fidem suam. Plaut. Avoir soing, et mettre peine de tenir sa promesse.

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    Genium mero. Horat. Boire largement.

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    Histriones. Plaut. En avoir soing.

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    Officium suum. Plaut. Faire sa charge.

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    Parentes. Plaut. Avoir cure et soing de faire le vouloir de son pere et de sa mere.

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    Curemus aequam vterque partem, tu alterum, Ego item alterum. Terent. Soignons chascun par esgual, toy l'un, et moy l'autre.

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    Curare rem aliquam paruo. Cic. La faire trouver et avoir à bon marché.

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    Curare alicui pecuniam. Cic. Faire en sorte qu'il ait argent.

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    Pelliculam curare. Horat. Faire grand chere.

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    Praecepta et mandata alterius. Plaut. Se souvenir de ce qu'autruy nous a prié ou chargé de faire, et le despescher.

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    Prandium. Plaut. Apprester, Appareiller le disner.

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    Prouinciam. Cic. L'administrer et gouverner soingneusement.

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    Se. Cic. Se reposer et recreer.

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    Curare vitem falce. Plin. Tailler la vigne.

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    Curare, absolutum. Terent. Sat est, curabo. C'est assez, Je le feray, Je m'en donneray de garde, J'y mettray peine, Il m'en souviendra.

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    Legatis imperat vbi quisque curaret. Sallust. Il ordonne à ses lieutenants où c'est qu'un chascun d'eulx entendroit, et ce qu'ils avoyent à faire.

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    Mederi et curare. Cic. Medeciner, Guarir, Penser, Curer.

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    Medicaminibus curari. Cic. Estre guari par medecines, ou medicaments.

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    Curare rebus alienis suo vestimento et cibo. Plaut. Servir autruy à ses despens.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > curo
20 multus

multus, a, um, Compar. plūs, plūris (subst.), Plur. plūrēs, n. plūra, selten plūria (adi. u. subst.), Superl. plürimus, a, um, viel, I) eig.: A) von der Menge, viel, zahlreich (Ggstz. paucus), 1) einzelner Gegenstände, verba, Cic.: viri, Cic.: multae pecuniae alienae, Cic.: multorum annorum tyrannis, Nep., laetitia, Cic., doctrina, Auct. b. Afr.: multorum angulorum forma, Boëth.: multi, viele, viele Menschen (Ggstz. pauci), Cic.: multi alii, Ter., auch bl. multi, viele andere, Suet.: saepe multi, viele andere zu einer anderen Zeit, Cic. u.a. (s. Kühner u. Meißner Cic. Tusc. 1, 74): insulae non ita multae, nicht gar sehr viele, Plin.: parum multi, allzu wenige, Cornif. rhet.: bene multi, ziemlich viele, Asin. Poll. (in Cic. ep.), Auct. b. Hisp. u. Ov.: minime multi, äußerst wenige, Cic.: quam minime multa vestigia, möglichst wenige, Nep.: multis verbis, weitläufig, Cic.: quid multa verba? was braucht's vieler Worte? kurz, Ter.: so auch quid multis moror? Ter.: ne multa od. ne multis, kurz, Cic.: m. partitivem Genet., multi hominum, Plin.: multae arborum, Plin. – multi (wie οἱ πολλοί), der große Haufe, die Menge, die gewöhnlichen Menschen, unus de multis, Cic.: qui non fuit orator unus e multis, Cic.: numerarer in multis, unter die gemeinen Redner, Cic.: auch vom Weibe, una e multis sit tibi, nicht besser als andere, Ov.: more multarum,

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Acc. tr. fr.: multa, viele Dinge, vieles, Cic. u.a.: nimis multa, Cic.: multa bene agere, viele glückliche Taten vollbringen, Eutr.: multis vastatis, nachdem viele Gegenden verwüstet worden waren, Eutr. – Compar., plures, Genet. plurium, mehrere, mehr als einer (Ggstz. pauci, aliqui, singuli, unus), Cic. u.a. – m. partit. Genet., plures vestrûm, Curt. – plura, Cic. u. (Ggstz. pauciora) Plin. ep.: plurium dierum hiems (Sturm), Plin.: plurium annorum indutiae, Liv.: plurium annorum officium, Plin.: plurium angulorum forma, Boëth.: pluribus verbis, Nep., od. bl. pluribus, Phaedr., weitläufiger: ne plura, Plin., od. quid plura? kurz, Cic.: nicht selten = complures, mehrere, verschiedene, viele, plures enixa partus, Liv.: pluribus verbis rogare, Cic. – insbes., plures, der große Haufe (Ggstz. pauciores, οἱ δλίγοι, die Vornehmen, Hochgestellten), Plaut. trin. 34: u. (wie οἱ πλείονες) euphem. v. den Toten, ad plures penetrare, zu seinen Vätern versammelt werden, Plaut. trin. 291 Sch.³: u. so ad plures abire, Petron. 42, 5. – Superl., plurimi, sehr viele, die meisten, Cic.: plurima simulacra, Caes.: saecula, Cic.: plurimi anni, Iustin.: plurimis verbis, sehr ausführlich, Cic. – auch kollekt., plurimus dicent, Hor. – m. partit. Genet., longe plurimos hostium occīdit, Liv.: plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fraternitas ducum, überaus am meisten begünstigte die P. usw., Flor. 4, 2, 74. – 2) eines

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Stoffes, caro, Cic.: sudor, Cic.: sanguis, Liv.: cruor, Val. Max.: aurum argentumque, Sall., aurum et argentum, Tac.: supellex, viel Hausrat, Nep.: victima, viele O., Ov., Verg.: avis, Ov. – Comparat., plus, so nur in der Volksspr., wie argentum in ostiarii illius cella plus iacet, Petron. 37, 8. – Superl., plurima praeda, Plaut.: vestis, stragula, Cic.: rosa, Ov.: Aetna, der größte Teil des A., Ov.

B) v. intensiver Fülle u. Stärke, viel, groß, stark, bedeutend, 1) im allg.: sol, heiße Sonne, Plin. u. Suet.: multo labore, Cic.: multā cum clade suorum, Liv.: cura, Sall.: libertas, Hor.: sermo, viel Gerede, Cic. (vgl. unten no. II, B): opinio, verbreitete, allgemeine Ansicht, Gell.: velut multā pace, wie im tiefen Frieden, Tac.: operam suam multam existimare, Cic.: multum est, es ist bedeutend, wichtig, es tut viel, es nützt sehr, Verg. – Superl., plurimus sol, Ov. u. Plin. ep.: plurima quā silva est, wo der Wald am dichtesten ist, Ov.: coma, Ov.: canities, Verg.: fons, Ov.: luna, der volle Mond, Mart.: labor, Hor.: risus, Quint.: sermo, Quint.: exercitatio, Quint.: salutem plurimam dicere, Plaut., od. plurimā salute impertire, Ter., seinen herzlichsten Gruß sagen. – 2) insbes., von den Tageszeiten, ad multum diem, bis weit in den Tag, Cic.: vides iam diem multum esse, daß der Tag schon weit vorgerückt ists, Plaut.: postquam multa iam dies erat, als es schon stark Tag war, Liv.:

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multo die, Caes.: multā luce, Sall. hist. fr.: multā nocte, spät in der Nacht, Cic.: multo adhuc die, da noch viel vom Tage übrig war, noch hoch am Tage, Tac.: multo mane, sehr früh, Cic.

C) von der Ausdehnung im Raume, groß, multa pars Europae, Liv.: et potes in toto multa iacēre toro, einen großen Raum einnehmend, Ov. – Superl., plurimus collis, Verg.

II) übtr.: A) in bezug auf die Rede, weitschweifig, weitläufig, breit, homo multus et odiosus, ein Schwätzer, Plaut.: ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim, Cic.: est multus in laudanda magnificentia, Cic.: de quibus multa ab illis habetur oratio, worüber sie sich in weitläufiger Rede verbreiten, Cic.

B) in bezug auf eine Tätigkeit, viel beschäftigt, viel verkehrend, eifrig, emsig, unablässig, häufig, in eodem genere causarum multus erat T. Iuventius, Cic.: multus et ferox instare, Sall.: ad vigilias multus adesse, Sall.: multus in eo proelio fuit Caesar, Flor.: eum cum Timaeo Locro multum fuisse, habe viel verkehrt mit usw., Cic. de rep. 1, 16: multa viri virtus multusque recursat honos, Verg.: dah. multum est, es ist häufig, man hört es oft, Cic. – Superl., legor plurimus in orbe, Ov.: plurima nantis in ore Alcyone coniunx, Ov.: cum libellis mihi plurimis sermo est, mit meinen Büchern unterhalte ich mich oft, Sen. ep. 67,

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C) in bezug auf das Verhalten, aufdringlich, lästig, qui in aliquo genere (Beziehung) aut inconcinnus aut multus est, Cic.: nimius est, multus est, er geht zu weit, er ist übertrieben in seiner Strenge, Val. imp. b. Vopisc.: dah. multus es et pathicus, du gibst dich vielen preis, Catull. – Davon:

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