numerous Copy link Outline 1. multi, plūrĭmi, ae, a2. crēber, bra, brum (with the additional notion of closeness)3. frĕquens, ntis (of a considerable number of people together; not however, crowded, as creber implies)4. expr. by multĭtūdo5. nŭmĕrōsus (late; and in this sense not to be imitated) • numerous: 1. multi, plūrĭmi, ae, a: v. many. 2. crēber, bra, brum (with the additional notion of closeness): very n. buildings, creberrima aedificia, Caes. B. G. 5, 12: n. stones (enough to make a shower) fell from heaven, c. lapides cecidere coelo, Liv.: v. frequent, crowded. 3. frĕquens, ntis (of a considerable number of people together; not however, crowded, as creber implies): a large and more n. deputation, major frequentiorque legatio, Liv. 5, 5, med.: Cic.: v. number (IV. 4). (N.B.--Frequens is mostly used of the attendance of respectable or desirable persons; not in bad sense.) 4. expr. by multĭtūdo: v. multitude. 5. nŭmĕrōsus (late; and in this sense not to be imitated): Tac.: Juv. See also foll. art. Phr.: before a n. audience, in (magna) celebritate audientium, Quint. 1, 2, 29.