"multus" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: [ˈmʊɫ.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmul.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *moltos. The ultimate origin is uncertain. Ernout & Meillet, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine marks it as d'origine obscure (“of obscure origin”). According to De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394, *moltos has been connected with a possible Proto-Indo-European form *ml̥tós (“crumbled, crumpled”), from the root *mel- (“to grind, to crumble”), which would link it to Ancient Greek μάλα (mála, “very, much”) and perhaps Latvian milns (“very many”). However, this derivation remains speculative and is not universally accepted. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*moltos}} Proto-Italic *moltos, {{cog|grc|μάλα|t=very, much}} Ancient Greek μάλα (mála, “very, much”), {{cog|lv|milns|t=very many}} Latvian milns (“very many”) Head templates: {{la-adj|multus|adv=multō|comp=plūs|sup=plūrimus/plūrumus}} multus (feminine multa, neuter multum, comparative plūs, superlative plūrimus or plūrumus, adverb multō); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|multus}} Forms: multa [feminine], multum [neuter], plūs [comparative], plūrimus [superlative], plūrumus [superlative], multō [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], multus [masculine, nominative, singular], multa [feminine, nominative, singular], multum [neuter, nominative, singular], multī [masculine, nominative, plural], multae [feminine, nominative, plural], multa [neuter, nominative, plural], multī [genitive, masculine, singular], multae [feminine, genitive, singular], multī [genitive, neuter, singular], multōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], multārum [feminine, genitive, plural], multōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], multō [dative, masculine, singular], multae [dative, feminine, singular], multō [dative, neuter, singular], multīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], multum [accusative, masculine, singular], multam [accusative, feminine, singular], multum [accusative, neuter, singular], multōs [accusative, masculine, plural], multās [accusative, feminine, plural], multa [accusative, neuter, plural], multō [ablative, masculine, singular], multā [ablative, feminine, singular], multō [ablative, neuter, singular], multīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], multe [masculine, singular, vocative], multa [feminine, singular, vocative], multum [neuter, singular, vocative], multī [masculine, plural, vocative], multae [feminine, plural, vocative], multa [neuter, plural, vocative], moltus [alternative, Old-Latin]
  1. (in the singular) much Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, singular
    Sense id: en-multus-la-adj-VDscS9T2 Categories (other): Latin determiners, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin determiners: 100 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
  2. (in the plural) many Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, in-plural
    Sense id: en-multus-la-adj-ETexXHeX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: multo-scribbling, permultus Related terms: multa, multitūdō, multum

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "multo-scribbling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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      "lang_code": "an",
      "word": "muito"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "munchu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "multu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "molt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "mult"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "muolt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Emilian",
      "lang_code": "egl",
      "word": "móllt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Emilian",
      "lang_code": "egl",
      "word": "môlt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "lang_code": "ext",
      "word": "munchu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "molt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "word": "multe"
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    {
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "word": "multo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "molto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Leonese",
      "lang_code": "roa-leo",
      "word": "mueitu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "muto"
    },
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          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "moult"
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      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "molt"
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          "lang_code": "fr",
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          "word": "moito"
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          "word": "muito"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "mui"
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          "word": "moi"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "muito"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "word": "mui"
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      "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "roa-opt",
      "word": "mui"
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    {
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "lang_code": "rgn",
      "word": "molt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mult"
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    {
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          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "mucho"
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        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "muy"
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          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "word": "muncho"
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          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "word": "muy"
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      "lang": "Old Spanish",
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      "word": "muito"
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        {
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    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "mutu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "móndo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "molt"
    }
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*moltos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάλα",
        "t": "very, much"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *moltos.\nThe ultimate origin is uncertain. Ernout & Meillet, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine marks it as d'origine obscure (“of obscure origin”).\nAccording to De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394, *moltos has been connected with a possible Proto-Indo-European form *ml̥tós (“crumbled, crumpled”), from the root *mel- (“to grind, to crumble”), which would link it to Ancient Greek μάλα (mála, “very, much”) and perhaps Latvian milns (“very many”). However, this derivation remains speculative and is not universally accepted.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "plūrimus",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "multō",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "multī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "multōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "form": "multō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Old-Latin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "multus",
        "adv": "multō",
        "comp": "plūs",
        "sup": "plūrimus/plūrumus"
      },
      "expansion": "multus (feminine multa, neuter multum, comparative plūs, superlative plūrimus or plūrumus, adverb multō); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "multus"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "multa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "multitūdō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "multum"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.3-4",
          "text": "Multa virī virtūs animō multusque recursat / gentis honōs ….\nThe hero’s [great] valor and [high] noble birth returns to [Dido’s] thought again and again.\n(An example of polyptoton: Here, multa . . . multusque can be understood both adjectivally and predicatively, and can modify viri virtus and gentis honos as well as recursat. In the Aeneid, cf.: 1.3-5: multum … multa; and 1.750: multa … multa.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much"
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      "id": "en-multus-la-adj-VDscS9T2",
      "links": [
        [
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        [
          "much",
          "much"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the singular) much"
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      "tags": [
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        "declension-2",
        "singular"
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    },
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        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
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          "parents": [],
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      "glosses": [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) many"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
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        "in-plural"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʊɫ.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmul.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "multus"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin determiners",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin suppletive adjectives",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "multo-scribbling"
    },
    {
      "word": "permultus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "lang_code": "an",
      "word": "muito"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "munchu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "multu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "molt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "mult"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "muolt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Emilian",
      "lang_code": "egl",
      "word": "móllt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Emilian",
      "lang_code": "egl",
      "word": "môlt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "lang_code": "ext",
      "word": "munchu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "molt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "word": "multe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "word": "multo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "molto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Leonese",
      "lang_code": "roa-leo",
      "word": "mueitu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "muto"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "moult"
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "molt"
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        {
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          "lang_code": "fr",
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          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "moi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "word": "muito"
        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "word": "mui"
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      "lang_code": "roa-opt",
      "word": "muito"
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          "word": "moito"
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
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    {
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "lang_code": "rgn",
      "word": "molt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mult"
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    {
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "mucho"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "muy"
        },
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          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "word": "muncho"
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        {
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "word": "muy"
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      "lang_code": "osp",
      "word": "muito"
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          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "mucho"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "muy"
        },
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          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "word": "muncho"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "word": "muy"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "osp",
      "word": "mucho"
    },
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        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "mucho"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "muy"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "word": "muncho"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "word": "muy"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "osp",
      "word": "muy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "mutu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "móndo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "molt"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*moltos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάλα",
        "t": "very, much"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μάλα (mála, “very, much”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "milns",
        "t": "very many"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian milns (“very many”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *moltos.\nThe ultimate origin is uncertain. Ernout & Meillet, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine marks it as d'origine obscure (“of obscure origin”).\nAccording to De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394, *moltos has been connected with a possible Proto-Indo-European form *ml̥tós (“crumbled, crumpled”), from the root *mel- (“to grind, to crumble”), which would link it to Ancient Greek μάλα (mála, “very, much”) and perhaps Latvian milns (“very many”). However, this derivation remains speculative and is not universally accepted.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plūs",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plūrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plūrumus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multō",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Old-Latin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "multus",
        "adv": "multō",
        "comp": "plūs",
        "sup": "plūrimus/plūrumus"
      },
      "expansion": "multus (feminine multa, neuter multum, comparative plūs, superlative plūrimus or plūrumus, adverb multō); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "multus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "multa"
    },
    {
      "word": "multitūdō"
    },
    {
      "word": "multum"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.3-4",
          "text": "Multa virī virtūs animō multusque recursat / gentis honōs ….\nThe hero’s [great] valor and [high] noble birth returns to [Dido’s] thought again and again.\n(An example of polyptoton: Here, multa . . . multusque can be understood both adjectivally and predicatively, and can modify viri virtus and gentis honos as well as recursat. In the Aeneid, cf.: 1.3-5: multum … multa; and 1.750: multa … multa.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "singular",
          "singular"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the singular) much"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "many"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) many"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʊɫ.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmul.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "multus"
}

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