luxuriant Copy link Outline I. Exuberant in growth1. luxŭriōsus2. luxŭrians, ntis (part. of luxŭrio, or luxŭrior, 1, to be l.) comp. in frondem luxuriare, Plin. 19, 6, 34 § 113.3. laetus (fig.)II. Fig. • luxuriant: I. Exuberant in growth: 1. luxŭriōsus: l. crops of corn, frumenta l., Cic. Or. 24, 81; l. seges, Ov. F. 1, 690: the l. vine, l. vitis, Col. 5, 6, fin. 2. luxŭrians, ntis (part. of luxŭrio, or luxŭrior, 1, to be l.) comp. in frondem luxuriare, Plin. 19, 6, 34 § 113. 3. laetus (fig.): cf. Virg. G. 1, 1: Varr. II. Fig.: luxŭrians: of style: he will prune what is l., luxuriantia compescet, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 122: fertility of a l. intellect, luxuriantis ingenii fertilitas, Plin. 17, 2 (2), 14.