(v. n.P. a.adv.adv.) : ăb-undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.
* 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.
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* 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.).
* 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.
* 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.).
* 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.
* 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.
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* Existing in abundance, copious, abundant: non adesā jam, sed abundanti etiam pecuniā sic dissolutus,Cic. Quint. 12, 40.
* Containing abundance, abounding, rich, full; constr. with abl., gen., or absol.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

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