multĭfĭdus, a, um, adj. [multus-findo], many-cleft, i. e. cleft or divided into many parts (poet. and post-Aug.).
I Lit.: faces, Ov. M. 7, 259; 8, 644: pedes, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 128: dens, i. e. a comb , Mart. 14, 25, 2.—
B Transf., of the hair, many-parted, parted into many locks : illi multifidos crinis sinuatur in orbes, Idaliā divisus acu, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 15.—Of rivers, divided into many streams : Timavus, many-armed , Mart. 8, 28, 7.—
II Trop.: horror, various, manifold , Val. Fl. 4, 661: suavitates, Mart. Cap. 2, § 117: vaticinandi scientia, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 2.