copiosus

Latin

Etymology

From cōpia +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cōpiōsus (feminine cōpiōsa, neuter cōpiōsum, comparative cōpiōsior, superlative cōpiōsissimus, adverb cōpiōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. copious, plentiful, abundant
    Synonyms: abundāns, cumulātus, largus, ūber, fēcundus
    Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus
  2. prolific
  3. eloquent
    Synonym: ēloquēns

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cōpiōsus cōpiōsa cōpiōsum cōpiōsī cōpiōsae cōpiōsa
genitive cōpiōsī cōpiōsae cōpiōsī cōpiōsōrum cōpiōsārum cōpiōsōrum
dative cōpiōsō cōpiōsae cōpiōsō cōpiōsīs
accusative cōpiōsum cōpiōsam cōpiōsum cōpiōsōs cōpiōsās cōpiōsa
ablative cōpiōsō cōpiōsā cōpiōsō cōpiōsīs
vocative cōpiōse cōpiōsa cōpiōsum cōpiōsī cōpiōsae cōpiōsa

Descendants

  • Catalan: copiós
  • English: copious
  • French: copieux
  • Italian: copioso
  • Portuguese: copioso
  • Sicilian: cupiusu
  • Spanish: copioso

References

  • “copiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “copiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • copiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to speak very fluently: copiose dicere
    • (ambiguous) to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
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