multitudo
Latin
Etymology
From multus (“much, many”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mul.tiˈtuː.doː/, [mʊɫ.tɪˈtuː.doː]
Noun
multitūdō f (genitive multitūdinis); third declension
- A great number; multitude, numerousness.
- (of people) A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | multitūdō | multitūdinēs |
| Genitive | multitūdinis | multitūdinum |
| Dative | multitūdinī | multitūdinibus |
| Accusative | multitūdinem | multitūdinēs |
| Ablative | multitūdine | multitūdinibus |
| Vocative | multitūdō | multitūdinēs |
Descendants
- English: multitude
- French: multitude
- Italian: moltitudine
- Portuguese: multidão, multitude
- Romanian: multitudine
- Spanish: multitud, muchedumbre
References
- multitudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- multitudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- multitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- multitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a crowd throngs around some one: multitudo circumfunditur alicui
- to have power over the people by trading on their religious scruples: religione obstrictos habere multitudinis animos (Liv. 6. 1. 10)
- to settle a large number of people in a country: multitudinem in agris collocare
- to leave a matter to be decided by popular vote: multitudinis suffragiis rem permittere
- government by the mob: multitudinis dominatus or imperium
- to allay the excitement of the mob: concitatam multitudinem reprimere
- to be crushed by numerous imposts: tributorum multitudine premi
- to be surrounded by the superior force of the enemy: multitudine hostium cingi
- a crowd throngs around some one: multitudo circumfunditur alicui
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