multiiugus

multĭ-jŭgus, a, um, and multĭ-jŭ-gis, e (the latter form only in Cic. Att. 14, 9), adj. [multus - iugum], yoked many together (mostly post-Aug.).

• I Lit.: multijugi equi, Liv. 28, 9, 15: quadrigae multijugae, Gell. 19, 8, 11.—
• II Trop., many, manifold, complex, various: litterae multijuges, * Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1: spolia multijuga, Gell. 2, 11, 3: multijuga et sinuosa quaestio, id. 14, 2, 13: volumina (Aristotelis), Ap. Apol. p. 297 fin.

multiiugus, a, um u. multiiugis, e (multus u. iugum), vielspännig, I) eig. (Form -us): equi, Liv. 28, 9, 15: quadrigae semper (dicendae), etsi multiiugae non sunt, Gell. 19, 8, 11. – II) übtr., mannigfach, vielfach, vielfältig, litterae tuae, quas quidem multiiuges (einen ganzen Pack) accepi uno tempore a Vestorii liberto, Cic. ad Att. 14, 9, 1. – Form -us, spolia, Gell.: quaestio, Gell.: verba, Fronto: volumina Aristotelis, Apul.: paginae, Symm.: necessitates, Symm. – subst., multiiugum = πολυσύνδετον, die Häufung der Verbindungswörter in einem Satze (als rhet. Figur), Carm. de fig. 52. p. 65 H.

multiiugus (L.) and multiiugis, e (C.), adj.

• multus+IV-, yoked many together: equi, L.— Fig., manifold, various: litterae.