multitudo

Latin

Etymology

From multus (“much, many”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mul.tiˈtuː.doː/, [mʊɫ̪t̪ɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mul.tiˈtu.do/, [mul̪t̪iˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

multitūdō f (genitive multitūdinis); third declension

1. A great number; multitude, numerousness.

   Synonyms: frequentia, mōlēs, ūbertās, cōpia, nūbēs, acervus

2. (of people) A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.

   Synonyms: turba, grex, vulgus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	multitūdō	multitūdinēs
Genitive	multitūdinis	multitūdinum
Dative	multitūdinī	multitūdinibus
Accusative	multitūdinem	multitūdinēs
Ablative	multitūdine	multitūdinibus
Vocative	multitūdō	multitūdinēs

Related terms

• multō
• multum
• multus

Descendants

• → English: multitude
• → French: multitude
• → Galician: multitude
• → Portuguese: multidão, multitude
• → Romanian: multitudine
• → Spanish: multitud
• Italian: moltitudine
• Spanish: 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• multitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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