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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prŏfūsus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from profundo.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prŏfūsus,¹² a, um.
    I part. de profundo.
    II pris adjt :
1 qui s’étend, étendu : Varro R. 2, 5 ; cauda profusior Pall. 4, 13, 2, queue trop longue
2 [fig.] a) débordant, excessif, sans frein : profusum jocandi genus Cic. Off. 1, 103, plaisanterie qui passe les bornes, cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 15