copiosus

cōpĭōsus, a, um, adj. [1. copia].

I.

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).

A.

In gen.; constr. with abl., ab, or absol.; rarely with gen.

(α).

With simple abl. or ab and abl.:

tu agris, tu aedificiis, tu argento, tu familiā, tu rebus omnibus ornatus et copiosus sis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

Arion grandi pecuniā et re bonā multā coplosus,

Gell. 16, 19, 7:

oppidum re cibariā,

id. 7, 1, 8:

Bruttedius artibus honestis,

Tac. A. 3, 66:

locus a frumento,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2.—

(β).

Absol. (so most freq.):

copiosa plane et locuples (mulier),

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55:

urbs,

id. Arch. 3, 4:

via copiosa omniumque rerum abundans,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; cf.

stativa,

Liv. 9, 44, 9:

patrimonium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; id. Rab. Post. 14, 38 al.:

ingenium facile et copiosum,

fertile in expedients, rich, Quint. 10, 1, 128:

ratio loquendi,

id. 2, 1, 4.— Comp.: provincia, Auct. B. Alex. 43. — Sup.:

copiosissimum oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23: copiosissimus ac sollertissimus hostis, * Suet. Caes. 35:

cucumeres,

Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 65.—

(γ).

With gen.:

ager silvestrium caprarum,

Sol. 11, 11; cf. 1. copis. —

(δ).

With ad: quamquam erat provincia minime copiosa ad alendos exercitus, Auct. B. Alex. 42.—

B.

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.—

II.

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. § 28.—Hence, cōpĭōsē, adv. (very freq.), in great abundance, copiously, abundantly, plentifully, copiously provided.

1.

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,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62.—

2.

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,

id. 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.