ăb-undo — Lewis & Short
ăb-undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.
I 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.
II Transf.
A 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.).
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.
C 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.).
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.
A 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. —
B Transf.
1 Existing in abundance, copious, abundant:
non adesā jam, sed abundanti etiam pecuniā sic dissolutus,Cic. Quint. 12, 40.—
2 Containing abundance, abounding, rich, full; constr. with abl., gen., or absol.
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.—
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.