multo

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmul.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmul.to]

multo

1. first-person singular present indicative of multar

From Spanish muerto (“dead”).

multo

1. (rare) a ghost; the disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter

   Synonym: kalag

Inherited from Spanish muerto (“dead”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulto/, [ˈmul̪.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: mul‧to

multo

1. ghost; apparition of the dead

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulto/

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• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: mul‧to

multo (accusative singular multon, plural multoj, accusative plural multojn)

1. a sizeable quantity or number

• plimulto

From Italian molto.

multo

1. very

• multe

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.to/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: mùl‧to

multo

1. first-person singular present indicative of multare

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊɫ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmul.to]

From multa (“penalty, fine”) +‎ -ō.

multō (present infinitive multāre, perfect active multāvī, supine multātum); first conjugation

1. (law) to punish, to sentence, to fine [with ablative]

   Synonyms: castīgō, pūniō, expiō, mulctō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, plēctō, ulcīscor, exsequor

   • De viris illustribus Urbis Romae a Romulo ad Augustum, LVI Charles François Lhomond:

     Mithridatem tamen [Sulla] pecunia mulctavit

     However, he (Sulla) punished Mithridates with money

2. to confiscate the assets

• mulctō

Adverbial ablative from multus (“much”).

multō (not comparable)

1. by much, much, by far; far, long

   Synonym: nimiō

   Antonym: paulō

   multō post ― much later

   multō ante ― a long time ago

• Used with comparatives or other words implying comparison as well as superlatives.

• multum

multō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of multus

• “multo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “multo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "multo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “multo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to punish by banishment: aliquem exsilio afficere, multare
    
  • to condemn some one to a fine: pecunia multare aliquem
    
  • to punish any one with death: morte multare aliquem (Catil. 1. 11. 28)
    
  • (ambiguous) our generation has seen many victories: nostra aetas multas victorias vidit
    
  • (ambiguous) to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
    
  • (ambiguous) the day is already far advanced: multus dies or multa lux est
    
  • (ambiguous) late at night: multa de nocte
    
  • (ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
    
  • (ambiguous) to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
    
  • (ambiguous) to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
    
  • (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multa verba facere
    
  • (ambiguous) he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est
    
  • (ambiguous) to make extracts from Cicero's writings: aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)
    
  • (ambiguous) we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65)
    
  • (ambiguous) to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
    
  • (ambiguous) the victory cost much blood and many wounds, was very dearly bought: victoria multo sanguine ac vulneribus stetit (Liv. 23. 30)
    
  • (ambiguous) in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Borrowed from Spanish muerto (“dead”).

multo

1. ghost; specter

   Synonym: kalag

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
• Hyphenation: mul‧to

multo

1. first-person singular present indicative of multar

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulto/ [ˈmul̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: mul‧to

multo

1. first-person singular present indicative of multar

Early borrowing from Spanish muerto (“dead”) with sound shift of /ɾ/ to /l/ and stress shift following a closed penultimate syllable, from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus. Doublet of muwerto.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /mulˈto/ [mʊlˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: mul‧to

multó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. ghost; specter

   Synonyms: (diminutive) mumo, aparisyon, (dialectal) sandurugo

2. spirit of a deceased person

   Synonyms: kaluluwa, espiritu

3. (figurative) act of haunting (like a ghost)

• “multo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “multo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• lumot