(adj.adv.) : cōpĭōsus, a, um, adj.1. copia.
* Furnished abundantly with a thing, well supplied, having abundance, rich, copious, plentiful, abounding (in wealth, means of living, etc.) (very freq. and class., esp. in prose).
* In gen.; constr. with abl., ab, or absol.; rarely with gen.
* Existing in rich abundance, copious (very rare): liquor putei,Phaedr. 4, 9, 7: varietas rerum abundat,id. 5, 6, 2: supellex verborum,Quint. 8 prooem. § 8.—Hence, cōpĭōsē, adv. (very freq.), in great abundance, copiously, abundantly, plentifully, copiously provided.
* In partic., of an orator, or of discourse, rich in language, copious in expression, eloquent: homo copiosus ad dicendum,Cic. Caecin. 23, 64: lingua (opp. inops),id. Fin. 3, 15, 51: densior ille, hic copiosior in eloquendo,Quint. 1, 1, 106: oratores,id. 12, 5, 5: vir,Liv. 45, 25, 3: multa et varia et copiosa oratio,Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 214: loquacitas,Quint. 8, 2, 17; opp. jejunum,id. 8, 3, 49.
* With gen.: ager silvestrium caprarum,Sol. 11, 11; cf. 1. copis.
* With ad: quamquam erat provincia minime copiosa ad alendos exercitus, Auct. B. Alex. 42.
* In gen.: sic copiose in provinciam profectus erat, ut, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91: large et copiose comparare pastum,id. N. D. 2, 47, 121: accepti tribus tricliniis,id. Att. 13, 52, 2: senatorum urna copiose absolvit,by a large majority,id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6: ornatus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62.
* Esp., of discourse, copiously, fully, at length: copiose ab eo agri cultura laudatur,Cic. Sen. 17, 59: copiose et abundanter loqui,id. de Or. 2, 35, 151: defendere causas reorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191: dicere,id. N. D. 1, 21, 58; Quint. 1, 4, 5.—Comp.: dicere,Cic. Or. 4, 14: haec omnia exsequi,Quint. 9, 3, 89.—Sup.: dicere,Cic. Clu. 10, 29; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Off. 1, 1, 4: laudare,id. de Or. 2, 10, 39: defensum esse,id. Quint. 28, 87: locus tractatur,Quint. 2, 4, 24.

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