luxuries

luxŭrĭa, ae, and luxŭrĭēs, ēi (v. Zumpt, Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7, and 2, 5, 31, § 80; Roby, Gram. § 342; old gen. luxurii, Gracch. ap. Gell. 9, 14; the dat. of the fifth decl. is not in use, and the abl. is doubtful; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 382 sqq.), f. [luxus], rankness.

I.

Lit., rankness, luxuriance of trees and plants:

luxuriem segetum tenerā depascit in herbā,

Verg. G. 1, 112:

si vitis luxuria se consumpserit,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 181; 9, 2, 1, § 2.—

B.

Poet., transf., of animals: wantonness, friskiness, frolicsomeness, Val. Fl. 7, 65.—

II.

Trop., riotous living, extravagance, profusion, luxury, excess:

quam ecfliges, luxuriae sumptus suppeditare ut possies,

Plaut. As. 4, 2, 10:

animus, qui nunc luxuriā et lasciviā diffluit,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 72:

in urbe luxuries creatur, ex luxuriā existat avaritia, necesse est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

odit populus Romanus privatam luxuriam,

id. Mur. 36, 76:

luxuries Hannibalem ipsum Capuae corrupit,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 20:

diffluere luxuriā,

id. Off. 1, 30, 106; 1, 34, 123:

res ad luxuriam pertinentes,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

saevior armis Luxuria incubuit,

Juv. 6, 293:

quis ferat istas luxuriae sordes?

id. 1, 140. —

B.

Of style:

in qua (oratione), ut in herbis, in summā ubertate inest luxuries quaedam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.