profusion
PROFUSENESS PROFUSION
Abundance abundantia affluentia; ubertas [SYN. and PHR. in ABUNDANCE.]
Lavish expenditure effusio profusio (the action): sumtus effusi or profusi (money lavishly expended): profusa luxuria (the habit of spending lavishly): also plur. effusiones (Cic.).
Abundance abundantia affluentia; ubertas [SYN. and PHR. in ABUNDANCE.]
Lavish expenditure effusio profusio (the action): sumtus effusi or profusi (money lavishly expended): profusa luxuria (the habit of spending lavishly): also plur. effusiones (Cic.).
profusion:
I. Lavish expenditure:
1. effūsio: Cic. Part. 23, 81 (liberalitatem effusio imitatur): Liv. The pl. may denote repeated acts of profusion, cf. L. G. § 594.
2. prŏfūsio (not in Cic.): Suet. Ner. 30: strengthened by epith. nimia, Plin. Ep. 2, 4, extr.: Vitr.
3. largītio (lavishness in giving): Sen. Ben. 1, 2, init. (Or expr. by circuml.: effusi s. profusi sumptus, nimia largitas s. liberalitas: v.LAVISH .)
II. Copiousness: largĭtas: Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156. See alsoABUNDANCE .
I. Lavish expenditure:
1. effūsio: Cic. Part. 23, 81 (liberalitatem effusio imitatur): Liv. The pl. may denote repeated acts of profusion, cf. L. G. § 594.
2. prŏfūsio (not in Cic.): Suet. Ner. 30: strengthened by epith. nimia, Plin. Ep. 2, 4, extr.: Vitr.
3. largītio (lavishness in giving): Sen. Ben. 1, 2, init. (Or expr. by circuml.: effusi s. profusi sumptus, nimia largitas s. liberalitas: v.
II. Copiousness: largĭtas: Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156. See also