adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cōpiōsus
cōpiōsus (feminine cōpiōsa, neuter cōpiōsum, comparative cōpiōsior, superlative cōpiōsissimus, adverb cōpiōsē)
Classical[koː.piˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ko.piˈɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivecopious, plentiful, abundant
- adjectiveprolific
- adjectiveeloquent
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
abundāns, multuscōpiōsus -a -um — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 26
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Divitiæ · Opes · Gazæ · Locuples · Opulentus · Copiosus
1. Divitiæ and gazæ denote riches quite generally, as possessions and the means of satisfying one’s wishes of any sort, whereas opes, as the means of attaining higher ends, of aggrandizing one’s self, and of acquiring and maintaining influence. Divitiæ (from δεύειν) denotes the riches of a private person, like πλοῦτος; opes (opulentus, πολύς), the instrument of the statesman, or of the ambitious in political life; gazæ, the treasure of a king or prince, like θησαυροί. 2. Dives means rich in opp. to poor, Quintil. v. 10, 26, like πλούσιος; locuples (loculos πλήθων), well-off, in opp. to egens, egenus, Cic. Planc. 35. Ros. Com. 8, like ἀφνειός; opulentus and copiosus, opulent, in opp. to inops, Cic. Parad. 6. Tac. H. iii. 6, like εὔπορος. (v. 81.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōpiōsus | cōpiōsa | cōpiōsum |
| genitive | cōpiōsī | cōpiōsae | cōpiōsī |
| dative | cōpiōsō | cōpiōsae | cōpiōsō |
| accusative | cōpiōsum | cōpiōsam | cōpiōsum |
| ablative | cōpiōsō | cōpiōsā | cōpiōsō |
| vocative | cōpiōse | cōpiōsa | cōpiōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōpiōsī | cōpiōsae | cōpiōsa |
| genitive | cōpiōsōrum | cōpiōsārum | cōpiōsōrum |
| dative | cōpiōsīs | cōpiōsīs | cōpiōsīs |
| accusative | cōpiōsōs | cōpiōsās | cōpiōsa |
| ablative | cōpiōsīs | cōpiōsīs | cōpiōsīs |
| vocative | cōpiōsī | cōpiōsae | cōpiōsa |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- copiose dicere
- to speak very fluently.
- pluribus verbis, copiosius explicare, persequi aliquid
- to give a full, detailed account of a thing.
- fusius, uberius, copiosius disputare, dicere de aliqua re
- to speak at great length on a subject, discuss very fully.
- lingua graeca latinā locupletior (copiosior, uberior) est
- the Greek language is a richer one than the Latin.
- accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
- to entertain, regale a person.
cōpĭōsus, a, um, adj. 1. copia.
I. Furnished abundantly with a thing, well supplied, having abundance, rich, copious, plentiful, abounding (in wealth, means of living, etc.) (very freq. and class., esp. in prose).
A. In gen.; constr. with abl., ab, or absol.; rarely with gen.
(a). With simple abl. or ab and abl.:
tu agris, tu aedificiis, tu argento, tu familiā, tu rebus omnibus ornatus et copiosus sis, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18: Arion grandi pecuniā et re bonā multā coplosus, Gell. 16, 19, 7: oppidum re cibariā, id. 7, 1, 8: Bruttedius artibus honestis, Tac. A. 3, 66: locus a frumento, Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2.— (b). Absol. (so most freq.):
copiosa plane et locuples (mulier), Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55: urbs, id. Arch. 3, 4: via copiosa omniumque rerum abundans, Nep. Eum. 8, 5; cf. stativa, Liv. 9, 44, 9: patrimonium, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; id. Rab. Post. 14, 38 al.: ingenium facile et copiosum, fertile in expedients, rich, Quint. 10, 1, 128: ratio loquendi, id. 2, 1, 4.—Comp.: provincia, Auct. B. Alex. 43. —Sup.: copiosissimum oppidum, Caes. B. G. 1, 23: copiosissimus ac sollertissimus hostis, * Suet. Caes. 35: cucumeres, Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 65.—(g). With gen.:
ager silvestrium caprarum, Sol. 11, 11; cf. 1. copis. —(d). With ad: quamquam erat provincia minime copiosa ad alendos exercitus, Auct. B. Alex. 42.—
B. In partic., of an orator, or of discourse, rich in language, copious in expression, eloquent:
homo copiosus ad dicendum, Cic. Caecin. 23, 64: lingua (opp. inops), id. Fin. 3, 15, 51: densior ille, hic copiosior in eloquendo, Quint. 1, 1, 106: oratores, id. 12, 5, 5: vir, Liv. 45, 25, 3: multa et varia et copiosa oratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 214: loquacitas, Quint. 8, 2, 17; opp. jejunum, id. 8, 3, 49.—II. Existing in rich abundance, copious (very rare):
liquor putei, Phaedr. 4, 9, 7: varietas rerum abundat, id. 5, 6, 2: supellex verborum, Quint. 8 prooem. § 8.—Hence, cōpĭōsē, adv. (very freq.), in great abundance, copiously, abundantly, plentifully, copiously provided. 1. In gen.:
sic copiose in provinciam profectus erat, ut, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91: large et copiose comparare pastum, id. N. D. 2, 47, 121: accepti tribus tricliniis, id. Att. 13, 52, 2: senatorum urna copiose absolvit, by a large majority, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6: ornatus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62.—2. Esp., of discourse, copiously, fully, at length:
copiose ab eo agri cultura laudatur, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: copiose et abundanter loqui, id. de Or. 2, 35, 151: defendere causas reorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191: dicere, id. N. D. 1, 21, 58; Quint. 1, 4, 5.—Comp.: dicere, Cic. Or. 4, 14: haec omnia exsequi, Quint. 9, 3, 89.—Sup.: dicere, Cic. Clu. 10, 29; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Off. 1, 1, 4: laudare, id. de Or. 2, 10, 39: defensum esse, id. Quint. 28, 87: locus tractatur, Quint. 2, 4, 24.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōpiōsus adj. with comp. and sup.
copia, furnished abundantly, well supplied, having abundance, rich, copious, plentiful, abounding: familiae: via copiosa omniumque rerum abundans, N.: stativa, L.: patrimonium: victus: fit causa copiosior, stronger: copiosissimum oppidum, Cs.: tu rebus omnibus: a frumento locus: homines: domus: Bruttidius artibus, Ta.—Of discourse, rich, copious, affluent, eloquent: non copiosus homo ad dicendum: oratio: homo copiosissimus.—Abundant, profuse: liquor (putei), Ph.: rerum varietas, Ph.
Origins
From cōpia + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Catalancopiós
- Englishcopious
- Frenchcopieux
- Italiancopioso
- Portuguesecopioso
- Romaniancopios
- Spanishcopioso
- Siciliancupiusu