exubero

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ex-ūbĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Neutr. , to come forth in abundance , to grow luxuriantly; to be abundant , to abound in.

A Prop.: cujus corpus in tam immodicum modum luxuriasset exuberassetque, Gell. 7, 22, 4: alte spumis exuberat amnis, Verg. A. 7, 465: (frus) mox increscens ad medium noctis exuberat, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228: pomis exuberat annus, Verg. G. 2, 516 al. —

B Trop.: ex multa eruditione, ex pluribus artibus exundat et exuberat eloquentia, Tac. Or. 30: lucrum, Suet. Calig. 40.—

II Act. , to make full or abundant : quae favorum ceras exuberant, Col. 9, 4, 5: materia melior vindemiis exuberandis, id. 2, 15, 5.—Trop.: Scythae exuberant Persas, i. e. overwhelm by numbers of immigrants , Tert. Pall. 2.— P. a. : exuberans , ntis.

a Superfluous : hoc exuberantis quasi operis, ut, etc., Quint. 10, 5, 1.—

b Extraordinary : pernicitas, Amm. 19, 8, 11. —Hence, adv.: exuberante , superfluously , Cassiod. de Amic. 25, 3.

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