excess Copy link Outline I. Too much1. nĭmium (strictly neut. adj.)2. nĭmis (adv.3. expr. by sŭpersum, sŭpĕro4. nĭmiĕtas (not in Cic.)II. Sensual indulgence • excess: I. Too much: 1. nĭmium (strictly neut. adj.): the mean between e. and defect, mediocritas inter n. et parum, Cic.: an e. of good, n. boni, Cic. (Often the adj. nimius in agreement will serve: e. of obstinacy, n. pertinacia, Caes.: to go to an e. in anything, nimium esse in aliqua re, Cic. v. excessive.) 2. nĭmis (adv.: to excess): the rule, nothing in e., (ut) ne quid n., Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 34: Cic.: v. too (much). 3. expr. by sŭpersum, sŭpĕro: I am afraid you will think I exhibit an e. of words instead of a deficiency, vereor ne mihi verba superesse putes, quae dixeram defutura, Cic. Fam. 13, 63 (also opp. to abesse, Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 108): wherein defect or e. is alike faulty, in quo et deesse aliquam partem et superare mendosum est, Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83. Simly, by redundo: v. redundancy. 4. nĭmiĕtas (not in Cic.): e. of spring fodder (green-meat), n. verni pabuli, Col. 6, 24, ad init.: Pall.: Apul. (N.B. Never excessus. See Lat. Dict. s. v.) II. Sensual indulgence: intempĕrantia, luxŭria: v. intemperance, gluttony, drunkenness.