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|lshtext=<b>ăb-undo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of a [[wave]], to [[flow]] [[over]] and [[down]], to [[overflow]] ([[while]] [[redundo]] signifies to [[flow]] [[over]] a [[thing]] [[with]] [[great]] [[abundance]] of [[water]], to [[inundate]]): [[apud]] abundantem antiquam amnem, Att. ap. Non. 192, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 175 Rib.): flumina abundare ut facerent, Lucr. 6, 267; cf. id. 1, 282; Verg. G. 3, 484; and in the [[beautiful]] [[figure]] in Plaut.: ripis superat mi [[atque]] abundat [[pectus]] laetitiā, for [[joy]], my [[heart]] swells [[above]] its banks and overflows, Stich. 2, 1, 6: ita abundavit [[Tiberis]], ut, etc., Liv. 30, 38, 10; cf.: [[quando]] [[aqua]] [[Albana]] abundāsset, id. 5, 15, 11: so, [[fons]] in omnem partem, Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 188.<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Poet., of plants, to [[shoot]] up [[with]] [[great]] [[luxuriance]]: de terris [[abundant]] herbarum genera ac [[fruges]], Lucr. 5, 920 (in Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 3, the [[better]] [[read]]. is obundantes, Enn. p. 65 Vahl.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen., to [[abound]], to be [[redundant]]: [[sive]] deest naturae [[quippiam]], [[sive]] abundat [[atque]] affluit, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61: abundabant et praemia et operae vitae, Plin. H. N. 14, prooem. § 4.—Once [[with]] dat.: tenuioribus [[magis]] [[sanguis]], plenioribus [[magis]] [[caro]] abundat, Cels. 2, 10.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[overflow]] [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]], to [[have]] an [[abundance]] or [[superabundance]] of, to [[abound]] in (the [[most]] [[usual]] signif.); constr. [[with]] abl., and [[once]] [[poet]]. [[with]] gen. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 189 n.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: divitiis, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 17: [[villa]] abundat porco, haedo, agno, etc., Cic. Sen. 16, 56: praeceptis philosophiae, id. Off. 1, 1: ingenio, otio, id. de Or. 1, 6, 22: [[mulier]] abundat audaciā, id. Clu. 84: cujus [[oratio]] omnibus ornamentis abundavit, id. Balb. 7: equitatu, Caes. B. G. 7, 14: magna copiā frumenti, id. ib. 8, 40: aquā, Auct. B. Alex. 1: et aequalium familiaritatibus et consuetudine propinquorum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: clientibus, Quint. 5, 10, 26.—Poet.: amore abundas, [[you]] are [[too]] [[fortunate]] in [[love]] (successu [[prospero]] affluis, [[Don]].), Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 11; cf. Lucil.: [[ille]] [[abundans]] cum [[septem]] [[incolumis]] pinnis redit, ap. [[Don]]. Ter. l. c.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: quarum et abundemus rerum et quarum indigeamus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 498, 7.—Esp., to [[abound]] in [[wealth]], to be [[rich]] (cf. [[abundantia]], II.): et absentes adsunt et egentes [[abundant]], Cic. Lael. 7, 23: Caietam, si [[quando]] abundare coepero, ornabo, id. Att. 1, 4, 3.—Hence, ăbun-dans, antis, P. a., [[overflowing]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., of rivers, fluids, etc.: [[fluvius]] abundantior aestate, i. e. [[fuller]], Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: abundantissimus [[amnis]], Cic. Rep. 2, 19: menses (mulierum), Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 147. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Existing in [[abundance]], [[copious]], [[abundant]]: non adesā jam, sed abundanti [[etiam]] pecuniā sic [[dissolutus]], Cic. Quint. 12, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Containing [[abundance]], abounding, [[rich]], [[full]]; constr. [[with]] abl., gen., or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: vir [[abundans]] bellicis laudibus, Cn. [[Pompeius]], Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78: abundantior consilio, ingenio, sapientiā, id. Pis. 26, 62: rerum copiā et sententiarum varietate abundantissimus, id. de Or. 2, 14, 58.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: (via) copiosa omniumque rerum [[abundans]], Nep. Eum. 8, 5: [[lactis]], Verg. E. 2, 20: corporis, Claud. ap. Eutrop. 2, 380: pietatis, id. IV. Cons. Hon. 113.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: non erat [[abundans]], non [[inops]] [[tamen]] [[oratio]], Cic. Brut. 67, 238: abundantior [[atque]] [[ultra]] [[quam]] [[oportet]] fusa [[materia]], Quint. 2, 4, 7: abundantissima [[cena]], Suet. Ner. 42; cf. id. Calig. 17.—Also in a [[bad]] [[sense]], of [[discourse]], pleonastic, [[superabundant]], Quint. 12, 10, 18; 8, 3, 56.— Hence, adv.: ex abundanti, [[superabundantly]], Quint. 4, 5, 15; 5, 6, 2; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 46 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Esp., abounding in [[wealth]], [[rich]] (syn. [[dives]], opp. [[egens]]): ([[supellex]]) non [[illa]] [[quidem]] luxuriosi hominis, sed [[tamen]] abundantis, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66: haec [[utrum]] abundantis an egentis signa sunt? id. Par. 6, 1, § 43.—Hence, adv.: ăbundanter, [[abundantly]], [[copiously]]: loqui, Cic. de Or. 2, 35: ferre fructum, Plin. 24, 9, 42.—Comp., Cic. Trop. 10.—Sup., Suet. Aug. 74.
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