His words, in a letter to his brother Quintus, are "Lucretii poemata ut scribis ita sunt; multis luminibus ingenii, multae tamen artis.
Jerome testifies that it was found in his time "in multis et Graecis et Latinis codicibus;" Ambrose cites it, and Augustine (de adult.
Georgii Agricolae De Animantibus Subterraneis Liber Hactenus a multis desideratus, nunc vero in gratiam studiosorum seorsim editus, in certa capita divisus, capitum argumentis et nonnullis marginalibus exornatus a Johanne Sigfrido, Phil.
The headers Propria quae maribus and As in Præsenti are from this book, as is the line “Cum multis aliis quæ nunc perscribere longum est”.
The 'flumen et oppidum Penius' are mentioned at Pliny NH VI 14 as being in the region of the Caucasus on the Euxine coast; nearby were 'multis nominibus Heniochorum gentes'.
Following x 6 there is the spurious distich set cum nostra malis uexentur corpora multis / aspera non possum perpetiendo mori.
For a similar metonymy, see EP II vii 26 'altaque quam multis floreat Hybla thymis'.
Compare Cic Fam IV iii 2 'a multis et magnis molestiis abes'; I have found no parallel from verse.
An embassy of bishops was sent into Russia, and the father gratanter filiam cum multis donis misit.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "multis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
