multi-, mult- +

(Latin: much, many; combining form of Latin multus "much, many"; which is related to the Greek mala, "very, very much, exceedingly")


Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est.
So important is it to grow inured to anything in early youth.

There is a value of instilling sound principles in the mind during the early years.

So imperative it is to form habits in early years.
—Vergil
'Tis education forms the common mind;
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
—Alexander Pope (English poet and satirist; 1688-1744), in his Moral Essays.
ad multos annos
For many years.
Crescite et multiplicamini.
Increase and multiply.

Motto of the state of Maryland, USA.

Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos.
As long as you are fortunate, you will have many friends.

Another translation: "When you are successful, everyone wants to be your friend." This is from Ovid's Tristia where the statement concludes with tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris; "if clouds appear, you will be alone".

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
Beings should not be multiplied beyond necessity.

Interpreted to mean that one should choose the simplest explanation for anything.

Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.
Fortune gives many too much, enough to none.

A variant translation is, "To many, fortune gives too much, to none [does she give], enough." In other words, most people feel that they are never given too much.

grand multigravida
A woman who has been pregnant six or more times.
Hic est qui multum orat pro populo.
Here is the one who prays much for the people.
Multa cadunt inter calicem supremagua labra.
"Much falls between the cup and the lip" or "There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip."

Many things can go wrong at the last moment.

multangular
Having many angles.
multangulum
A bone possessing numerous angles.
multiaccess
A reference to a computer system that allows several users to gain access to it at the same time.
multiarticular
Pertaining to many joints.
multibibe
Drinking a great deal.
multicasting
The process of sending out data across a network to a number of selected recipients at the same time.

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": copi-; exuber-; hyper-; opulen-; ple-; pleio-; plethor-; poly-; super-; total-; ultra-; undu-.


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