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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Present participle of abundō.
Participle
abundāns (genitive abundantis, comparative abundantior, superlative abundantissimus, adverb abundanter); third-declension one-termination participle
- overflowing
- abounding (in)
- abundant, copious
- Synonyms: cōpiōsus, largus, cumulātus, ūber, fēcundus
- Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
Descendants of abundans in other languages
References
- “abundans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abundans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abundans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- rich in ideas: sententiis abundans or creber (opp. sententiis inanis)
- to be rich in words: verbis abundantem esse, abundare