multitudo Latin · revision 17852

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=itc-pro *molto-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [mʊɫ.tɪˈtuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [mul.tiˈtuː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''multitūdō''' ''f'' (genitive multitūdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|multus|-tūdō]], from the adjective “much, many”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan derives [[m|la|multus]] from [[itc-pro|*molto-]] and compares [[grc|μάλα|tr=mála|t=very]], though he calls the further PIE etymology weak;^(de Vaan 2008) Oscan [[m|osc|molto|t=a fine]] may belong here, a fine being an amount to be paid.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Lucilius on.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Multitūdō'' is numerousness and abundance, in grammar the plural, and with a genitive “a large number, host” (''multitūdō hominum'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Without a genitive it is a crowd, a throng, and also the population of a place and the common people.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ English [[m|en|multitude]] is recorded from the early 14th century, from Old French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – First found in Lucilius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''concursābat urbe tōtā maxima multitūdō'', “a huge crowd was running about the whole city”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar: ''iubet in oppida multitūdinem convenīre'', “he orders the population to gather in the towns”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English [[m|en|multitude]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Numerousness; abundance.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(grammar)'' The [[m|en|plural]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A great number, a [[m|en|multitude]] (of persons or things).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A [[m|en|crowd]], throng.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The population;^(OLD 2012) the common people.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[multō]]

+ * [[multum]]

+ * [[multus]]

+ * [[en|multitude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}