NUMBER Copy link • NUMBER 1. v. numerare; numerum alicujus rei inire, exsequi, efficere; computare; enumerando percensere. SYN. in To COUNT, Vid. 2. s. A great number, multitude, numerus: a great number, magnus or grandis numerus: multitudo (multitude): copia (heap, abundance; of things): frequentia (many persons present): in great numbers, multi; frequentes: a small number, paucitas; exiguus numerus (of persons or things): infrequentia (few persons present; opposed to frequentia): a very small number, magna paucitas: in small numbers, pauci; infrequentes: a number of people, complures (several): a full number, numerus plenus: to make up a number, numerum efficere or conficere. Numeral sign, littera; *nota numeri. Proportion of times or syllables, numerus.