multo

See also: multó and multò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmul.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmul.to]

Verb

multo

1. first-person singular present indicative of multar

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish muerto (“dead”).

Noun

multo

1. (rare) a ghost; the disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish muerto (“dead”).

Noun

multo

1. ghost; apparition of the dead

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmulto]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: mul‧to

Noun

multo (accusative singular multon, plural multoj, accusative plural multojn)

1. a sizeable quantity or number

Derived terms

• plimulto

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian molto.

Adverb

multo

1. very

Related terms

• multe

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.to/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: mùl‧to

Verb

multo

1. first-person singular present indicative of multare

Latin

Alternative forms

• mulctō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.toː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.to/, [ˈmul̪t̪o]

Etymology 1

From multa (“penalty, fine”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

multō (present infinitive multāre, perfect active multāvī, supine multātum); first conjugation

1. (law) to punish; to sentence; to fine

   Synonyms: castīgō, pūniō, expiō, mulctō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, plēctō, ulcīscor, exsequor

Conjugation

Conjugation of multō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	multō	multās	multat	multāmus	multātis	multant
	imperfect	multābam	multābās	multābat	multābāmus	multābātis	multābant
	future	multābō	multābis	multābit	multābimus	multābitis	multābunt
	perfect	multāvī	multāvistī	multāvit	multāvimus	multāvistis	multāvērunt, multāvēre
	pluperfect	multāveram	multāverās	multāverat	multāverāmus	multāverātis	multāverant
	future perfect	multāverō	multāveris	multāverit	multāverimus	multāveritis	multāverint
passive	present	multor	multāris, multāre	multātur	multāmur	multāminī	multantur
	imperfect	multābar	multābāris, multābāre	multābātur	multābāmur	multābāminī	multābantur
	future	multābor	multāberis, multābere	multābitur	multābimur	multābiminī	multābuntur
	perfect	multātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	multātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	multātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	multem	multēs	multet	multēmus	multētis	multent
	imperfect	multārem	multārēs	multāret	multārēmus	multārētis	multārent
	perfect	multāverim	multāverīs	multāverit	multāverīmus	multāverītis	multāverint
	pluperfect	multāvissem	multāvissēs	multāvisset	multāvissēmus	multāvissētis	multāvissent
passive	present	multer	multēris, multēre	multētur	multēmur	multēminī	multentur
	imperfect	multārer	multārēris, multārēre	multārētur	multārēmur	multārēminī	multārentur
	perfect	multātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	multātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	multā	—	—	multāte	—
	future	—	multātō	multātō	—	multātōte	multantō
passive	present	—	multāre	—	—	multāminī	—
	future	—	multātor	multātor	—	—	multantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		multāre	multāvisse	multātūrum esse	multārī	multātum esse	multātum īrī
participles		multāns	—	multātūrus	—	multātus	multandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		multandī	multandō	multandum	multandō	multātum	multātū

Related terms

• multa
• multāticus
• multātiō

 

Descendants

• Italian: multare
• Portuguese: multar
• Sicilian: murtari
• Spanish: multar

Etymology 2

From multus (“much”).

Adverb

multō (not comparable)

1. by much, by far

   multo post ― long time later

   multo ante ― long time ago

2. a great deal, a lot of

Adjective

multō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of multus

References

• “multo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “multo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• multo 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)
• multo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to punish by banishment: aliquem exsilio afficere, multare
    
  • to condemn some one to a fine: pecunia multare aliquem
    
  • to punish any one with death: morte multare aliquem (Catil. 1. 11. 28)
    
  • (ambiguous) our generation has seen many victories: nostra aetas multas victorias vidit
    
  • (ambiguous) to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
    
  • (ambiguous) the day is already far advanced: multus dies or multa lux est
    
  • (ambiguous) late at night: multa de nocte
    
  • (ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
    
  • (ambiguous) to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
    
  • (ambiguous) to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
    
  • (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multa verba facere
    
  • (ambiguous) he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est
    
  • (ambiguous) to make extracts from Cicero's writings: aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)
    
  • (ambiguous) we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65)
    
  • (ambiguous) to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
    
  • (ambiguous) the victory cost much blood and many wounds, was very dearly bought: victoria multo sanguine ac vulneribus stetit (Liv. 23. 30)
    
  • (ambiguous) in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish muerto (“dead”).

Noun

multo

1. ghost; specter

   Synonym: kalag

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuw.tu/ [ˈmuʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuw.tu/ [ˈmuʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuw.to/ [ˈmuʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.tu/ [ˈmuɫ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
• Hyphenation: mul‧to

Verb

multo

1. first-person singular present indicative of multar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulto/ [ˈmul̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: mul‧to

Verb

multo

1. first-person singular present indicative of multar

Tagalog

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish muerto (“dead”). Doublet of muwerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mulˈto/, [mʊlˈto]
• Hyphenation: mul‧to

Noun

multó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. ghost; specter

   Synonym: (diminutive) mumo

2. spirit of a deceased person

   Synonyms: kaluluwa, espiritu

Further reading

• “multo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “multo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018