profusus

Latin

Etymology

Passive perfect participle of prŏfundō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

profūsus (feminine profūsa, neuter profūsum, superlative profūsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. excessive, lavish, profuse, extravagant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative profūsus profūsa profūsum profūsī profūsae profūsa
genitive profūsī profūsae profūsī profūsōrum profūsārum profūsōrum
dative profūsō profūsae profūsō profūsīs
accusative profūsum profūsam profūsum profūsōs profūsās profūsa
ablative profūsō profūsā profūsō profūsīs
vocative profūse profūsa profūsum profūsī profūsae profūsa

Descendants

  • English: profuse
  • French: profus

References

  • profusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • profusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • profusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • prodigal expenditure: sumptus effusi (vid. sect. IX. 2, note Cf. effusa fuga...) or profusi