much (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. multum (with verbs)2. along with compar. and less freq. superl.3. va (in a high degree) • much (adv.): 1. multum (with verbs): not to trust m., non m. confidere, Caes. B. G. 3, 25: they are m. (engaged) in the chase, m. sunt in venationibus, ib. 4, 1: Cic. Less. freq. with compar. (= multo, infr.): m. more robust, multum robustior, Juv. 10, 197. Very m., plurimum: to love any one very m., aliquem plurimum diligere, Cic. Fam. 1, 7: as m. as possible, quantum plurimum, Quint. 11, 3, 120. 2. along with compar. and less freq. superl.: multo: m. the easier route, m. facilius atque expeditius iter, Caes. B. G. 1, 6: m. the greatest part, m. (= longe) maxima pars, Cic. Man. 18, 54: Quint. Also with verbs and other words implying comparison: it is m. better, m. praestat, Sall. Jug. 31: to prefer m., m. anteponere, Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49: not m. before, non m. ante, Nep. Epam. 3: Cic. 3. va (in a high degree): to praise any one too m., aliquem nimis v. laudare, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1. See also greatly, exceedingly.