# multum
## English
### Noun

multum (uncountable)
* 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: /ˈmul.tum/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmul.tum/, [ˈmul̪t̪um]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adverb

multum (comparative plūs, superlative plūrimum)
* much
* very much, a lot
* (rare, with adjective) very

##### Descendants

* → Swedish: multum
* → Polish: multum

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

multum
* inflection of multus:
** accusative masculine singular
** 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: /ˈmultum/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ultum
* Syllabification: mul‧tum

### Numeral

multum
* (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
* (colloquial) loads (usually of money)
    Vi kommer tjäna multumWe're gonna make a fortune

### References

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