lavish (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. prōdĭgus (of persons; using or bestowing wastefully)2. prŏfūsus (of persons or things)3. effūsus (like preced.)4. largītor (in giving • lavish (adj.): 1. prōdĭgus (of persons; using or bestowing wastefully): l. of money, p. aeris, Hor. A. P. 164. Join: largitor et prodigus, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10. 2. prŏfūsus (of persons or things): l. of what is one's own, sui profusus, Sall. Cat. 5: l. expense, p. sumptus, Cic. Quint. 30, 93. 3. effūsus (like preced.): l. in giving, in largitione ef., Cic. Coel. 6, 13: Vell. 4. largītor (in giving: strictly subs., but used as masc. adj.): l. with money, pecuniae l., Sall. Jug. 95: Cic. (v. supr. 1). See also extravagant. Phr.: to make l. presents, largiri (v. to bestow).