multiiugus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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. Mag. p. 297 fin.

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