many Copy link Outline 1. multi, ae, a2. plērīque, aeque, aque (a considerable number3. complūres, a; also, ia, ium (several; a good many)4. expr. by frĕquens, crēber (of many together in one place, or near each other)5. multĭplex, ĭcis (many and various) • many: 1. multi, ae, a: m. very brave and excellent men, m. fortissimi atque optimi viri, Cic. Fam. 5, 17, med. (when a separate emphasis is laid on the multi as well as on the second adjective, a conj. must be used: e. g. multis magnisque pollicitationibus, by many offers, and those liberal ones, Nep. Eum. 3: on the contrary, multi perfecti homines, many perfect scholars, not multi et perfecti, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 10; the multi having no emphasis apart from the perfecti): one of the m. (the common herd), unus e (de) multis, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66, etc.: poet. in sing. = many a ...: Virg. E. 1, 34 (multa victima): Hor. Very m., permulti, Cic.: Caes. (but also plurimi, rather stronger than permulti). 2. plērīque, aeque, aque (a considerable number: sometimes the greater number or majority): cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 26, fin., multi nihil prodesse philosophiam, plerique etiam obesse arbitrantur (which proves that plerique denotes naturally less than multi): cf. id. de Or. 1, 6, 22: Tac. Also sing. with collect. subss.: m. of the young men, pleraque juventus, Sall. 3. complūres, a; also, ia, ium (several; a good many): Ter.: Cic.: v. MANY (A GOOD). (N.B.--Complures denotes a smaller number than plerique; not more than might be counted.) In same sense also plures, a: cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, plus fore dicunt in pluribus consilii quam in uno (i. e. a number of persons; as distinguished from one). 4. expr. by frĕquens, crēber (of many together in one place, or near each other): there were very m. of us present (in the senate), sane frequentes fuimus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1: very m. buildings (crowded together), creberrima aedificia, Caes. B. G. 5, 12. 5. multĭplex, ĭcis (many and various): v. manifold.