luxurior

luxŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and luxŭ-rĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 7) [luxuria], to be rank, luxuriant, abound to excess (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

I.

Lit.:

ager assiduā luxuriabat aquā,

Ov. F. 4, 644:

luxuriat Phrygio sanguine pinguis humus,

id. H. 1, 53:

cacumina virgarum ne luxurientur,

Col. Arb. 11:

ne (caules) in frondem luxurient,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

in patulas comas, Ov. de Nuce, 20: ut seges in pingui luxuriabit humo,

id. A. A. 1, 360.—

B.

Transf.

1.

To wanton, sport, skip, bound, frisk:

(equus) luxurians,

Verg. A. 11, 497:

luxuriat pecus,

Ov. F. 1, 156:

leo luxurians,

Val. Fl. 6, 613.—

2.

To have in abundance or excess, to abound in:

luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,

Verg. G. 3, 81:

faciem Deliciis decet luxuriare novis,

Ov. H. 16, 191.—

3.

To swell, enlarge, grow rapidly:

membra luxuriant,

Ov. M. 7, 292.—

II.

Trop.

A.

Of style or language, to be luxuriant, to be too fruitful, to run riot:

luxuriantia compescet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 122; cf.:

luxuriantia astringere (stilo),

Quint. 10, 4, 1.—

B.

To be wanton or licentious, to indulge to excess, to revel, run riot, be dissolute:

ne luxuriarentur otio animi,

Liv. 1, 19: Capuam luxuriantem felicitate, id, 23, 2; cf. Flor. 2, 15:

libertate luxuriare,

Curt. 10, 7, 11: vereor ne haec laetitia luxuriet. [p. 1089] Liv. 23, 12:

usus luxuriantis aetatis,

Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.