plentifully

largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la- in lilaiomai, lêma; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

pabula,

abundant, Lucr. 5, 869:

haustus,

id. 1, 412:

semen,

id. 4, 1238:

imbres,

id. 1, 282; cf.:

undae fluminis,

id. 1, 1031:

lux,

id. 2, 806; cf.:

(sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

odores,

Ov. M. 4, 758:

aër,

Lucr. 4, 894 — Comp.:

largior ignis,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 44:

largiore vino usus,

Liv. 40, 14:

largiora stipendia,

Tac. A. 1, 31:

nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.— Sup.:

munus largissimum edere,

Suet. Tit. 7 fin.:

vena largissima ferri,

Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—

With gen., abounding in any thing:

largus lacrumarum,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30:

opum,

Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608:

comae,

Sil. 7, 601:

rapinae,

id. 8, 250.—

With abl.:

audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8:

folia larga suco,

Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—

In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal:

justus, injustus: malignus, largus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17:

duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

largissimus esse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118:

largus et exundans ingenii fons,

Juv. 10, 119:

largus animo,

of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59:

promissis,

liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58:

natura,

Juv. 10, 301.— Comp.:

Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior?

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. — Poet.:

largus animae,

prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.:

spes donare novas largus,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.

largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally:

large blandus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

large dare,

Cic. Mur. 4, 10:

large effuseque donare,

id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

large et copiose aliquid comparare,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

munifice et large dari,

id. ib. 3, 27, 69:

large atque honorifice promittere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44:

large liberaliterque aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204:

ministrare libertatem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

senatus consultum large factum,

Tac. A. 6, 15:

large florescens,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

large frequentantibus (locum),

in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73:

large amplecti,

widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Comp.:

dare largius,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48:

ne potum largius aequo Rideat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.— Sup.:

copia quam largissime facta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—

largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose;

not used by Cic.),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

peccavisti largiter,

id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

distare,

Lucr. 6, 1112:

auferre,

id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132:

discrepare,

Vitr. 6, 1, 8:

largius a prisca consuetudine movere,

Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—

Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.):

credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.:

largiter mercedis indipiscar,

id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —

largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).

Largus, i, m., a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

P. Largus Caecina,

Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,

Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian:

senatusconsultum,

Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la- in lilaiomai, lêma; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

pabula,

abundant, Lucr. 5, 869:

haustus,

id. 1, 412:

semen,

id. 4, 1238:

imbres,

id. 1, 282; cf.:

undae fluminis,

id. 1, 1031:

lux,

id. 2, 806; cf.:

(sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

odores,

Ov. M. 4, 758:

aër,

Lucr. 4, 894 — Comp.:

largior ignis,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 44:

largiore vino usus,

Liv. 40, 14:

largiora stipendia,

Tac. A. 1, 31:

nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.— Sup.:

munus largissimum edere,

Suet. Tit. 7 fin.:

vena largissima ferri,

Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—

With gen., abounding in any thing:

largus lacrumarum,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30:

opum,

Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608:

comae,

Sil. 7, 601:

rapinae,

id. 8, 250.—

With abl.:

audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8:

folia larga suco,

Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—

In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal:

justus, injustus: malignus, largus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17:

duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

largissimus esse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118:

largus et exundans ingenii fons,

Juv. 10, 119:

largus animo,

of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59:

promissis,

liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58:

natura,

Juv. 10, 301.— Comp.:

Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior?

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. — Poet.:

largus animae,

prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.:

spes donare novas largus,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.

largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally:

large blandus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

large dare,

Cic. Mur. 4, 10:

large effuseque donare,

id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

large et copiose aliquid comparare,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

munifice et large dari,

id. ib. 3, 27, 69:

large atque honorifice promittere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44:

large liberaliterque aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204:

ministrare libertatem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

senatus consultum large factum,

Tac. A. 6, 15:

large florescens,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

large frequentantibus (locum),

in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73:

large amplecti,

widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Comp.:

dare largius,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48:

ne potum largius aequo Rideat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.— Sup.:

copia quam largissime facta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—

largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose;

not used by Cic.),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

peccavisti largiter,

id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

distare,

Lucr. 6, 1112:

auferre,

id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132:

discrepare,

Vitr. 6, 1, 8:

largius a prisca consuetudine movere,

Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—

Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.):

credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.:

largiter mercedis indipiscar,

id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —

largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).

Largus, i, m., a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

P. Largus Caecina,

Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,

Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian:

senatusconsultum,

Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

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cōpĭōsus, a, um, adj. [1. copia].

Furnished abundantly with a thing, well supplied, having abundance, rich, copious, plentiful, abounding (in wealth, means of living, etc.) (very freq. and class., esp. in prose).

In gen.; constr. with abl., ab, or absol.; rarely with gen.

With simple abl. or ab and abl.:

tu agris, tu aedificiis, tu argento, tu familiā, tu rebus omnibus ornatus et copiosus sis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

Arion grandi pecuniā et re bonā multā coplosus,

Gell. 16, 19, 7:

oppidum re cibariā,

id. 7, 1, 8:

Bruttedius artibus honestis,

Tac. A. 3, 66:

locus a frumento,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2.—

Absol. (so most freq.):

copiosa plane et locuples (mulier),

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55:

urbs,

id. Arch. 3, 4:

via copiosa omniumque rerum abundans,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; cf.

stativa,

Liv. 9, 44, 9:

patrimonium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; id. Rab. Post. 14, 38 al.:

ingenium facile et copiosum,

fertile in expedients, rich, Quint. 10, 1, 128:

ratio loquendi,

id. 2, 1, 4.— Comp.: provincia, Auct. B. Alex. 43. — Sup.:

copiosissimum oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23: copiosissimus ac sollertissimus hostis, * Suet. Caes. 35:

cucumeres,

Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 65.—

With gen.:

ager silvestrium caprarum,

Sol. 11, 11; cf. 1. copis. —

With ad: quamquam erat provincia minime copiosa ad alendos exercitus, Auct. B. Alex. 42.—

In partic., of an orator, or of discourse, rich in language, copious in expression, eloquent:

homo copiosus ad dicendum,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 64:

lingua (opp. inops),

id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

densior ille, hic copiosior in eloquendo,

Quint. 1, 1, 106:

oratores,

id. 12, 5, 5:

vir,

Liv. 45, 25, 3:

multa et varia et copiosa oratio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 214:

loquacitas,

Quint. 8, 2, 17;

opp. jejunum,

id. 8, 3, 49.—

Existing in rich abundance, copious (very rare):

liquor putei,

Phaedr. 4, 9, 7:

varietas rerum abundat,

id. 5, 6, 2:

supellex verborum,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 28.—Hence, cōpĭōsē, adv. (very freq.), in great abundance, copiously, abundantly, plentifully, copiously provided.

In gen.:

sic copiose in provinciam profectus erat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:

large et copiose comparare pastum,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

accepti tribus tricliniis,

id. Att. 13, 52, 2:

senatorum urna copiose absolvit,

by a large majority, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6:

ornatus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62.—

Esp., of discourse, copiously, fully, at length:

copiose ab eo agri cultura laudatur,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

copiose et abundanter loqui,

id. de Or. 2, 35, 151:

defendere causas reorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

dicere,

id. N. D. 1, 21, 58; Quint. 1, 4, 5.— Comp.:

dicere,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

haec omnia exsequi,

Quint. 9, 3, 89.— Sup.:

dicere,

Cic. Clu. 10, 29; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Off. 1, 1, 4:

laudare,

id. de Or. 2, 10, 39:

defensum esse,

id. Quint. 28, 87:

locus tractatur,

Quint. 2, 4, 24.

ūber, ĕris, n. [Gr. outhar; Sanscr. ūdhar; cf. O. H. Germ. uter; Engl. udder; cf. the letter B], a teat, pap, dug, udder, a breast that gives suck (mostly poet. and in post Aug. prose).

Sing., Lucr. 1, 887: lactantes ubere toto, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 Vahl.):

(vitula) binos alit ubere fetus,

Verg. E. 3, 30:

ut vix sustineant distentum cruribus uber,

Ov. M. 13, 826:

vituio ab ubere rapto,

id. F. 4, 459:

cum a nutricis ubere auferretur,

Suet. Tib. 6.—

Plur. (so most freq.):

saepe etiam nunc (puer) Ubera mammarum in somnis lactantia quaeret,

Lucr. 5, 885:

lactea,

Verg. G. 2, 524:

capreoli Bina die siccant ovis ubera,

id. E. 2, 42; cf.:

ad sua quisque fere decurrunt ubera lactis (agni),

Lucr. 2, 370:

lactis,

Tib. 1, 3, 46:

mammarum,

Gell. 12, 1, 7:

candens lacteus umor Uberibus manat distentis,

Lucr. 1, 259:

distenta,

Hor. Epod. 2, 46:

equina,

id. ib. 8, 8:

tenta,

id. ib. 16, 50: natos uberibus gravidis vitali rore rigabat, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20; cf.:

(Romulus) cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

uberaque ebiberant avidi lactantia nati,

Ov. M. 6, 342:

sua quemque mater uberibus alit,

Tac. G. 20.—

Transf.

Of the earth, the fruitful breast, etc.:

alma tellus annuā vice mortalibus distenta musto demittit ubera,

Col. 3, 21, 3: ubera campi, id. poët. 10, 90. —

A cluster or mass in the shape of an udder, of bees hanging from trees when swarming, Pall. Jun. 7, 6 and 9.—

Richness, fruitfulness, fertility:

quique frequens herbis et fertilis ubere campus,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

divitis agri,

id. A. 7, 262:

glebae,

id. ib. 1, 531:

in denso non segnior ubere Bacchus,

id. G. 2, 275; cf.:

pecorique et vitibus almis Aptius uber erit,

id. ib. 2, 234:

vitis,

Col. 4, 27, 5:

palmitis Etrusci,

Claud. B. G. 504.

ūber, ĕris (abl. uberi;

but ubere campo,

Col. 6, 27, 1), adj [1. uber; cf. ibid. II. C.], rich in something, full, fruitful, fertile, abundant, plentiful, copious, productive (class.; syn.: ferax, fertilis, fecundus).

Lit.:

seges spicis uberibus et crebris,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

messis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 23:

fruges,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 5: itaque res uber fuit, antequam vastassent regiones, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 647 P.:

Umbria me genuit terris fertilis uberibus,

Prop. 1, 22, 10; cf.:

in uberi agro,

Liv. 29, 25, 12:

uber solum,

Tac. H. 5, 6:

(Neptunus) Piscatu novo me uberi compotivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 6:

onus,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 64; cf. Col. 6, 27: bellum, productive in booty, Just. 38, 7, 9: gravis imber et uber. copious, Lucr. 6, 290:

guttae,

id. 1, 349:

aquae,

Ov. M. 3, 31:

aqua prolluens et uber,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 3:

rivi,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 10.— Comp.: agro bene culte nihil potest esse nec usu uberius nec specie [p. 1923] ornatius, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

neque enim robustior aetas Ulla nec uberior (aestate),

Ov. M. 15, 208:

subtemen,

fuller, stouter, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20.— Sup.:

uberrimi laetissimique fructus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156.— With abl.:

arbor ibi niveis uberrima pomis,

Ov. M. 4, 89:

(Sulmo) gelidis uberrimus undis,

id. Tr. 4, 10, 3:

uberrimus quaestus,

the most profitable, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 22: equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, exceedingly stout, plump, or fat, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.— With gen.:

regio cum aeris ac plumbi uberrima, tum et minio,

Just. 44, 3, 4: frugum, Att. ap. Non. 498, 6.— Absol.:

teneant uberrima Teucer Et Libys,

the most fruitful regions, Val. Fl. 1, 510.—

Trop., full, rich, copious, esp. of style and language:

hoc Periclem praestitisse ceteris dicit oratoribus Socrates, quod is Anaxagorae physici fuerit auditor, a quo censet eum uberem et fecundum fuisse,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

motus animi, qui ad explicandum ornandumque sint uberes,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 113:

theses ad excitationem dicendi mire speciosae atque uberes,

Quint. 2, 4, 24.— Comp.:

nullus feracior in eā (philosophiā) locus est nec uberior quam de officiis,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5; id. Div. 1, 3, 6:

aut majore delectatione aut spe uberiore commoveri,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

quis uberior in dicendo Platone?

id. Brut. 31, 121:

uberiores litterae,

id. Att. 13, 50, 1:

Catoni seni comparatus C. Gracchus plenior et uberior,

Tac. Or. 18:

haec Africanus Petreiusque pleniora etiam atque uberiora Romam ad suos perscribant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 53:

tuasque Ingenio laudes uberiore canunt,

Ov. Tr. 2, 74:

in juvenibus etiam uberiora paulo et paene periclitantia feruntur,

Quint. 11, 1, 32.— Sup.:

doctissimi homines ingeniis uberrimis adfluentes,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (dub.;

bracketed by B. and K.): uberrima supplicationibus triumphisque provincia,

full of, id. Pis. 40, 97:

uberrimae litterae,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

nec decet te ornatum uberrimis artibus,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

oratorum eā aetate uberrimus erat,

Tac. A. 3, 31 fin. —Hence, adv., used only in the comp. and sup.

Lit., more fruitfully, more fully, more copiously or plentifully:

uberius nulli provenit ista seges,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 12:

flere uberius,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

mores mali quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrime,

most luxuriantly, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9.—

Trop., of style, etc., copiously, fully, Quint. 10, 3, 2:

haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

loqui (with planius),

id. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

dicere (with latius),

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 11:

explicare (with latius),

Suet. Rhet. 1:

locus uberrime tractatus,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3.