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largus1

largus1

generous, bountiful

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What it meant

1. largus — de Vaan

largus "generous, bountiful" [adj. ο/ο] (Ρ1.+) Derivatives: largirT 'to give generously' (PI.+), largiter 'abundantly' (PL+), largitos 'generosity' (Caecil.+); largiloquus 'talkative' (PL), largiflcus 'bountiful' (Pac.+), — [de Vaan, s.v. largus, p. 341]

2. largus — Lewis & Short

largus, a, um, adj.perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la=- in lilai/omai, lh=ma; cf. Lat. lascivus,

I abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.
I 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) With abl.: audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna? Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8: folia larga suco, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—
II 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, Cic. 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.
A 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.—
B 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.—
(b) 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. —*
C largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).

3. Largus — Lewis & Short

Largus, i, m.,

I 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,
II Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian: senatusconsultum, Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

4. lärgus — Walde–Hofmann

lärgus (-á- CIL. VI 32521 b 2), -a, -um „reichlich, reichlich fließend; reichlich schenkend, freigebig" (seit Plaut. [vlt. = "laxus", davon lärgäre "laxare" Orib., Merland Orib. 139], rom.; davon lärgitäs f. seit Caecil. u. Ter. làrgitüdó Nep. frg. Char. I 101, 3, Zärgitus Afran. [nach penitus usw.) lärgiusculus Sohn; Komp.: /àrgi-loquus Plt., lärgi-fieus seit Pacuv. [lärgifieco CE. 934, 2], largifluus Lucr.; … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lärgus, p. 796]

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. largus (scan p. 341; entry #874).
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. largus (scan p. 366; entry #5759).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lärgus (scan pp. 796-798; entry #1499). Root candidates: *là-, *pléik-, *plik-.

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