Latin

Noun

multitūdō f ‎(genitive multitūdinis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (crowd): turba, vulgus

Related terms

• multa
• multō
• multum
• multus

Descendants

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “multitudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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