(v. a.P. a.) : prō-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.
* To pour out or forth, to shed copiously, to cause to flow (class.).
* Lit.: sanguinem suum profundere omnem cupit, dummodo profusum hujus ante videat,Cic. Clu. 6, 18: sanguinem pro patriā,id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; 2, 30, 97: vim lacrimarum,id. Rep. 6, 14, 14: lacrimas oculis,Verg. A. 12, 154; Ov. M. 9, 679; 7, 91; Sen. Med. 541: sanguinem ex oculis,Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164: aquam,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29: vinum,id. Curc. 1, 1, 92: vina deo tamquam sitienti,Lact. 2, 4, 13; 6, 1, 5: aquas sub mensas,Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 26. —With se, to burst or gush forth: lacrimae se subito profuderunt,Cic. Ac. 11, 7, 6.
* Transf.
* Trop., to cast or throw away: ventis verba profundere,Lucr. 4, 931: quae si non profundere ac perdere videbor,Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 17.
* To pour or cast out, bring forth, produce (class.): posticā parte profudit, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 16: (puerum) ex alvo matris natura profudit,Lucr. 5, 225: sonitus,id. 6, 401: ignes,id. 6, 210: omnia ex ore,id. 6, 6: pectore voces,to pour forth, utter,Cat. 64, 202: vocem,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56: clamorem,id. Fl. 6, 15; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25: voces,Cat. 64, 202: vitia,Suet. Tib. 42: dolorem,Vop. Aur. 1: palmites,Col. 5, 5, 17.
* With se, to pour forth, rush forth or out; of bees: cum se nova profundent examina,Col. 9, 3; of archers: omnis multitudo sagittariorum se profudit,Caes. B. C. 3, 93; of luxuriant plants: ea, quae se nimium profuderunt,have shot out, sent out shoots,Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88: profundit se supra modum numerus palmitum,Col. 7, 24, 4.
* In partic.
* To throw away.
* Lit., spread out, extended, hanging down (ante- and postclass.): cauda profusa usque ad calces,Varr. R. R. 2, 5.—Comp.: equi coma et cauda profusior,longer,Pall. 4, 13.
* Trop.
* With se, to pour itself forth, i. e. to rush forth, break out: voluptates cum inclusae diutius, subito se nonnumquam profundunt atque eiciunt universae,Cic. Cael. 31, 75: si totum se ille in me profudisset,had wholly poured himself out to me, had been liberal,id. Att. 7, 3, 3: in questus flebiles sese in vestibulo curiae profuderunt,Liv. 23, 20, 5.—Hence, prŏ-fūsus, a, um, P. a.
* Lavish, extravagant, profuse (class.; cf. prodigus): perditus ac profusus nepos,Cic. Quint. 12, 40: reus,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20.—With gen.: alieni appetens, sui profusus,lavish of his own,Sall. C. 5, 4.—With in and abl.: simul ad jacturam temporis ventum est, profusissimi in eo, cujus unius honesta avaritia est,Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 2.—Of things abstr. and concr.: profusis sumptibus vivere,Cic. Quint. 30, 93: profusa luxuria in aedificiis,Vell. 2, 33, 4.
* In a good sense, liberal (poet.): mens profusa,Stat. S. 3, 1, 91: homo,Mart. 8, 38, 11.
* Costly, expensive: amare profusas epulas,Cic. Mur. 36, 76: convivia,Suet. Tit. 7.
* Immoderate, excessive, extravagant: profusa hilaritas,Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15: genus jocandi,id. Off. 1, 29, 103: cupido,Tac. H. 1, 52.—Sup.: profusissima libido,Suet. Claud. 53.—Adv.: prŏfūsē.
* Lit., lavishly, extravagantly, profusely (post-Aug.): aedes profuse exstructa,at an immoderate expense,Suet. Aug. 72.—Sup.: festos et solemnes dies profusissime celebrabat,Suet. Aug. 75.
* Trop.
* In disorder, confusedly: consul obstitit profuse tendentibus suis in castra,Liv. 10, 36.
* Immoderately, excessively: profuse prolixeque laudare,Gell. 5, 1, 2.—Comp.: eo profusius sumptui deditus erat,Sall. C. 13, 5.

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