ăbundantĭa, ae, f. [abundo], abundance, plenty, fulness, richness (syn. copia).
I In the Cic. and Aug. per. usu. with a gen. to define it more exactly: omnium rerum abundantia et copia, Cic. Lael. 23; id. Agr. 2, 97: otii, id. Fam. 7, 1: amoris, id. ib. 1, 9, 1 al.—
II Absol. , pecuniary wealth , riches , Cic. Cat. 2, 10; Tac. Agr. 6; id. H. 2, 94: laborare abundantiā, from overloading the stomach , Suet. Claud. 44 (cf. id. ib. 40).—Fig., of speech: multa ex juvenili abundantiā coërcuisse, Quint. 12, 1, 20.