Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Numerous

Numerous , adjective

[Latin numerosus. See Number.]

1.
Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army; numerous objections.
Such and so numerous was their chivalry. — Milton
2.
Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical. [Obsolete]
Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse. — Milton