profusus
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
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
