much (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. multus2. with abstract subss., magnus (somewhat stronger than multus) • much (adj.): 1. multus: with m. gold and silver, cum auro et argento multo, Sall. Jug. 13, med.: with m. toil, m. labore, Cic. Sull. 26, 73: in nom. and acc., the partitive constr. is usu. preferred: to spend m. time over anything, multum temporis in aliqua re consumere, id. Ac. 2, 4, 12: so, very m., plurimum (cf. L. G. § 270): very m. labour and utility, laboris, utilitatis plurimum, Quint. 10, 3, 1: Cic. 2. with abstract subss., magnus (somewhat stronger than multus): v. great.
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.
MUCH Copy link • MUCH 1. adj., multus; largus (copious, abundant). (☞ This word must often be rendered in Latin by the neuter multum and a genitive: multus is used as an adjective when it is convertible into many; as a substantive, with a genitive, when it may be represented by the English great or large.) I want much money, mihi multum pecuniae opus est: to bestow much pains upon anything, multum et industriae in aliqua re ponere, collocare (Cic.): the thing costs much pains, res est multi, magni, laboris: to have much leisure, otio abundare: so much, tantus: I have not so much leisure, tantum otii mihi non datum est: thus much I had to say, write, haec hactenus; haec sunt quae dicenda putavi; haec habebam, quae dicerem, scriberem: to eat too much, modum excedere in edendo: nimium esse in edendo: not to be of much consequence, parvi esse momenti. 2. adverb, multum; magnopere; with comparatives also multo, longe. Too much, nimium; nimis plus aequo; satis superque: by how much, quanto: by so much, tanto.
SO FAR, LONG, MANY, MUCH, SOON, TRUE, WELL..., AS Copy link • SO FAR, LONG, MANY, MUCH, SOON, TRUE, WELL..., ASVid: AS.