multum

English

Noun

multum (uncountable)

1. An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.
   • 1820, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on Adulterations of Food […] :

     Another substance, composed of extract of quassia and liquorice juice, used by fraudulent brewers to economise both malt and hops, is technically called multum.

Derived terms

• hard multum

See also

• multum in parvo

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.tum/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.tum/, [ˈmul̪t̪um]

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

multum (comparative plūs, superlative plūrimum)

1. much
2. very much, a lot
3. (rare, with adjective) very

Descendants

• → Swedish: multum
• → Polish: multum

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

multum

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

References

• “multum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “multum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• multum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• multum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum valere ad aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum afferre ad aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to considerably (in no way) further the common good: multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to be highly favoured by; to be influential with..: multum valere gratia apud aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider of importance; to set much (some) store by a thing: multum (aliquid) alicui rei tribuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to value, esteem a person: multum alicui tribuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: alicuius auctoritas multum valet apud aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to expend great labour on a thing: egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei
    
  • (ambiguous) to exert oneself very energetically in a matter: multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a good memory: memoriā (multum) valere (opp. memoriā vacillare)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be well (slightly) acquainted with Greek literature: multum (mediocriter) in graecis litteris versari
    
  • (ambiguous) to enjoy close intercourse with... (of master and pupil): multum esse cum aliquo (Fam. 16. 21)
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great weight as a speaker: multum dicendo valere, posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multum, nimium esse (in aliqua re) (De Or. 2. 4. 17)
    
  • (ambiguous) much money: pecunia magna, grandis (multum pecuniae)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a powerful navy: rebus maritimis multum valere
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin multum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.tum/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ultum
• Syllabification: mul‧tum

Numeral

multum

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multum.

Noun

multum

1. (colloquial) loads (usually of money)

   Vi kommer tjäna multum

   We're gonna make a fortune

References

• multum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• multum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• multum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)