multo

1.

multō, adv., v. multus fin. B.

2.

multo (less correctly mulcto ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. multa], to punish one with any thing; used mostly of judicial punishment (class.; cf.:

punio, animadverto): accusatorem multā et poenā multavit,

Cic. Balb. 18, 42:

vitia hominum atque fraudes damnis, ignominiis, vinculis, verberibus, exsiliis, morte multantur,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 194:

imperatorem deminutione provinciae,

id. Prov. Cons. 15, 38.—With abl. of that with respect to which the punishment is inflicted:

populos stipendio,

to sentence them to pay, Cic. Balb. 18, 41:

exsules bonis,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106:

aliquem pecuniā,

to fine in a sum of money, Nep. Pel. 1, 3:

agris,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 34:

Antiochum Asiā,

id. Sest. 27, 58:

sacerdotio,

Suet. Caes. 1:

publice armis multati privatis copiis juvere militem,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

poculo multabitur,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 43: aliquem votis (like damnare votis), lit., to punish with his vows, i. e. by granting the object of his vows, Naev. ap. Non. 462, 33:

cum ab ipsā fortunā videat hujus consilia esse multata,

Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2:

boves iniquitate operis (al. mulcare),

to torment, Col. 2, 4, 6.—With dat. of the person for whose benefit:

Veneri esse multatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 21 (in Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 19, Ritschl reads mulcaverit, but this seems to be corrupt; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).