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  • 1 fēcundus

        fēcundus adj. with comp. and sup.    [FEV-], fruitful, fertile, productive: fit multo terra fecundior: tellus, V.: fecundissima studia, Ta.: frondibus ulmi, V.: lepus, H.: sue... nihil genuit natura fecundius: Amathus metallis, O.— Rich, abundant, abounding, overflowing, teeming: calices, H.: legere fecundis collibus herbas, O.: fecunda poenis Viscera (Tityi), i. e. ever renewed, V.— Making fruitful, fertilizing: imber, V.: dextra, O.—Fig., fruitful, fertile, prolific, teeming, productive, abundant: pectus: labor fecundior, Iu.: gens latrociniis, Ta.: culpae saecula, H.
    * * *
    fecunda -um, fecundior -or -us, fecundissimus -a -um ADJ
    fertile, fruitful; productive (of offspring), prolific; abundant; imaginative

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  • 2 cōpiōsus

        cōpiōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [copia], furnished abundantly, well supplied, having abundance, rich, copious, plentiful, abounding: familiae: via copiosa omniumque rerum abundans, N.: stativa, L.: patrimonium: victus: fit causa copiosior, stronger: copiosissimum oppidum, Cs.: tu rebus omnibus: a frumento locus: homines: domus: Bruttidius artibus, Ta.—Of discourse, rich, copious, affluent, eloquent: non copiosus homo ad dicendum: oratio: homo copiosissimus.—Abundant, profuse: liquor (putei), Ph.: rerum varietas, Ph.
    * * *
    copiosa -um, copiosior -or -us, copiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    plentiful/copious/abundant; well supplied/equipped, w/ample resources; prolific; eloquent, w/plentiful command of the language; verbose; rich/wealthy; fruitful

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  • 3 ferāx

        ferāx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 FER-], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive, abounding: campus: agri, Cs.: segetes, H.— Abounding in, productive of: Iberia venenorum, H.: Peparethos olivae, O.: Illa (terra) ferax oleo est, V.— Fig., rich, fertile, fruitful: feracior in philosophiā locus: nihil est feracius ingeniis: prolis lex, H.
    * * *
    feracis (gen.), feracior -or -us, feracissimus -a -um ADJ
    fruitful, fertile. prolific

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  • 4 numerōsus

        numerōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [numerus], in full number, numerous, manifold: civitas numerosissima, most populous, Ta.: classis, Iu.— Full of rhythm, measured, rhythmical, melodious: numerosos ponere gressūs, O.: si numerosum est... quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus: oratio: numerosior Asinius, Ta.
    * * *
    numerosa -um, numerosior -or -us, numerosissimus -a -um ADJ
    numerous/many, of many units/parts/people; multiple; manifold/varied; prolific; plentiful/abundant/populous; harmonious/melodious/rhythmic/proportioned

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  • 5 frugiparus

    frugipara, frugiparum ADJ
    fruitful, prolific

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  • 6 fecundus

    fēcundus (sometimes erroneously foecund-and faecund-, but v. Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12 fin., and ap. Non. 54, 8), a, um, adj. [from ‡ feo, whence also fetus, femina, fenus, etc., cf. felix], fruitful, fertile (of plants and animals).—Constr. with abl., gen., or absol. (with gen. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    fossiones agri repastinationesque, quibus fit multo terra fecundior,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; cf. Verg. G. 1, 67; Quint. 10, 3, 2:

    glebae,

    Lucr. 1, 211:

    solum,

    Quint. 2, 19, 2: cf. Just. 2, 1:

    salices viminibus, frondibus ulmi,

    Verg. G. 2, 446.—With gen.:

    regio fecunda fruticis exigui,

    Col. 9, 4, 2:

    tellus metallorum,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78;

    for which: Amathus metallis,

    Ov. M. 10, 220 Bach. N. cr.:

    mons silvae frequens fecundusque,

    Tac. A. 4, 65:

    segetes fecundae et uberes,

    id. Or. 15, 48:

    nihil ocimo fecundius,

    Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120:

    uxores,

    Lucr. 4, 1254:

    conjux,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 31:

    lepus,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 44; cf.:

    sue... nihil genuit natura fecundius,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Rich, abundant, abounding in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; cf.

    fons,

    i. e. copious, Ov. M. 14, 791:

    legere fecundis collibus herbas,

    plentifuliy furnished, thickly studded, id. ib. 14, 347:

    fecundissima gens,

    rich in agricultural products, Plin. Pan. 31, 6:

    (specus) Uberibus fecundus aquis,

    Ov. M. 3, 31; cf.:

    fecunda melle Calymne,

    id. ib. 8, 222:

    viscera (Tityi) poenis,

    i. e. constantly renewed, Verg. A. 6, 598:

    Echidna, fecunda poenis viscera trahens,

    Ambros. in Tob. 12, 41:

    nigris Meroe fecunda colonis,

    Luc. 10, 303:

    cingula monstris,

    Val. Fl. 6, 470.— With gen.:

    Aemilium genus fecundum bonorum civium,

    Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —
    2.
    Making fruitful, fertilizing (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    imber,

    Verg. G. 2, 325; cf.

    Nilus,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

    excipe fecundae patienter verbera dextrae, i. e. the blows with a thong of skin given to women by the luperci, and which were supposed to promote fruitfulness,

    Ov. F. 2, 427; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343; and:

    quam (Danaën) implevit fecundo Juppiter auro,

    Ov. M. 4, 698.—
    II.
    Trop., fruitful, fertile, prolific, abundant (class.): pectus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22; Verg. A. 7, 338:

    artifex,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71:

    a quo (Anaxagora) eum (Periclem), cum alia praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse, uberem et fecundum fuisse,

    Cic. Or. 4, 15:

    duo genera verborum: unum fecundum, quod declinando multas ex se parit dispariles formas, ut est lego, legis, legam, sic alia: alterum genus sterile, quod ex se parit nihil, ut est etiam, vix, cras, etc.,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 9 Müll.:

    amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70:

    fecunda culpae saecula,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 17:

    veri sacerdos,

    Sil. 13, 490:

    fecundum in fraudes hominum genus,

    id. 2, 498:

    vester porro labor fecundior, historiarum scriptores?

    Juv. 7, 98.—Hence, fēcundē, adv., fruitfully, abundantly:

    fecundius poëmata ferrent fructum,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 2 Müll.:

    arundo recisa fecundius resurgit,

    Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163:

    cantharides nascuntur fecundissime in fraxino,

    id. 29, 4, 30, § 94.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fecundus

  • 7 fetosus

    fētōsus ( foet-), a, um, adj. [2. fetus], prolific (late Lat.):

    oves,

    Vulg. Psa. 143, 13. —Also fētŭōsus, a, um:

    Lea,

    Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 19 (al. fetosa); id. Galat. 4, 27.

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  • 8 fetuosus

    fētōsus ( foet-), a, um, adj. [2. fetus], prolific (late Lat.):

    oves,

    Vulg. Psa. 143, 13. —Also fētŭōsus, a, um:

    Lea,

    Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 19 (al. fetosa); id. Galat. 4, 27.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fetuosus

  • 9 foetosus

    fētōsus ( foet-), a, um, adj. [2. fetus], prolific (late Lat.):

    oves,

    Vulg. Psa. 143, 13. —Also fētŭōsus, a, um:

    Lea,

    Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 19 (al. fetosa); id. Galat. 4, 27.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > foetosus

  • 10 numerosus

    nŭmĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [numerus].
    I.
    Consisting of a great number, numerous, manifold (post-Aug.):

    numerosa pubes,

    Val. Fl. 5, 40:

    partus,

    Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233:

    numerosā caede futuram ultus mortem,

    Sil. 10, 172:

    herba radice magnā, numerosa,

    Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

    civitas, numerosissima provinciae totius,

    the most populous, Tac. Agr. 17:

    numerosissima florum varietas, Plin, 35, 11, 40, § 125: numerosissima suffragia,

    id. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

    classis,

    Juv. 7, 151:

    excelsae turris tabulata,

    id. 10, 106:

    copiosa et numerosa domus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 4:

    debitor arcae,

    Mart. 3, 31, 3; id. 4, 1, 3:

    pullus equinus lato et musculorum toris numeroso pectore,

    Col. 6, 29, 2; so,

    feminibus torosis ac numerosis,

    id. ib.:

    pictor diligentior quam numerosior,

    who is more accurate than prolific, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 130:

    gymnasium longe numerosius laxiusque,

    more extensive, with more wings, Plin. Ep. 10, 48, 4:

    numerosa tabula,

    a painting with many figures, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 138:

    numerosum opus,

    of various contents, Quint. 5, 10, 10:

    sermo,

    id. 8, 6, 64:

    pectus,

    Col. 6, 9, 2: numerosa res means variously accomplished, having a knowledge of many things:

    RES NVMEROSA FVI,

    Inscr. Grut. 655, 3.—
    II.
    Full of rhythm or harmony, according to rhythm, measured, rhythmical, harmonious, melodious (class.):

    numerosaque bracchia ducit,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 29:

    numerosos ponere gressus (al. gestus),

    id. P. 4, 2, 33: numerosa oratio, rhythmical, melodious: si numerosum est id in omnibus sonis atque vocibus, quod habet quasdam impressiones et quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus;

    recte, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    apta et numerosa oratio,

    id. Or. 50; 52:

    numerosus Horatius,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 49:

    Myron numerosior in arte, quam Polycletus,

    more harmonious, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58. —Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1. A.
    Numerously, multifariously (not in Cic.):

    numerosius onerare,

    Col. 4, 21, 2:

    numerosius dividere,

    Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61. — Sup.:

    familias numerosissime comparant,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14:

    sententias versare quam numerosissime,

    Quint. 10, 5, 9:

    numerose loqui,

    to speak in the plural number, Tert. adv. Prax. 12.—
    B.
    Rhythmically, harmoniously, melodiously (class.):

    fidiculae numerose sonantes?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

    (sententia) cadit numerose,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    numerose dicere,

    id. Or. 66, 221; 65, 219; 62, 210:

    numerosius dicere,

    Gell. 7, 3, 53.—
    2.
    nŭmĕrōsĭter, rhythmically, harmoniously, melodiously, Arn. 2, 73.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > numerosus

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