copiosus

copiosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.
Proto-Italic *opis
Latin ops
Latin cōps
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin cōpia
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin cōpiōsus

    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
    • Romanian: copios
    • 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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