copiosus

Latin

Etymology

cōpia +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koː.piˈoː.sus/, [koː.piˈoː.sʊs]

Adjective

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

  1. copious, plentiful, abundant
  2. prolific
  3. eloquent

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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 cōpiōsīs cōpiōsīs
Accusative cōpiōsum cōpiōsam cōpiōsum cōpiōsōs cōpiōsās cōpiōsa
Ablative cōpiōsō cōpiōsā cōpiōsō cōpiōsīs cōpiōsīs cōpiōsīs
Vocative cōpiōse cōpiōsa cōpiōsum cōpiōsī cōpiōsae cōpiōsa

Descendants

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, 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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