(adv.adj.adv.) : ăbundē, adv.as if from an obs. abundis, e
* In great profusion or abundance, abundantly, exceedingly, very; constr.
* With verbs: perfuse atque abunde usi magnum pondus auri, Sisenn. ap. Non. 516, 31: abunde satis facere quaestioni,Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3: quibus mala abunde omnia erant,Sall. C. 21; so with esse (like satis, frustra, bene est, etc.),id. ib. 58, 9; id. J. 63, 2; cf.: mihi abunde est, si satis expressi, etc.,I am more than satisfied,Plin. Ep. 4, 30 fin.; so, abunde est, si,id. ib. 7, 2 fin.; cf.: cum sit satis abundeque, si, etc.,id. Pan. 44, 7; and: abunde est, with a subject-clause: hoc dixisse abunde est,Col. 4, 19, 1; so id. 5, 3, 9; Cels. 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 7 al.: sufficere,Liv. 4, 22, 3: contingere,Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 10: cavere,Ov. M. 15, 759: persequi aliquid,Vell. 2, 103, 3: abunde agnoscere,id. 2, 116, 3: mirari,id. 1, 16, 2; 2, 116, 3 al.
* With adj.: abunde magna,Sall. J. 14, 18: abunde pollens potensque,id. ib. 1, 3: par,Liv. 8, 29, 4: constans,Curt. 6, 17, 13: pulchrum atque magnificum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 15: abunde similes,Quint. 10, 1, 25: disertus,id. 11, 1, 36: elatus spiritus,id. 10, 1, 104 al.
* With adv.: abunde satis est,Hor. S. 1, 2, 59; so Quint. 12, 11, 19: abunde dixit bene,id. 12, 9, 7.
* With gen. (like satis, affatim, etc.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 317): terrorum et fraudis abunde est,Verg. A. 7, 552: potentiae gloriaeque,Suet. Caes. 86: honorum, Front. ap. Charis. p. 177 P.: quibus abunde et ingenii et otii et verborum est,Gell. 6, 8, 4.

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