extravagance Copy link Outline I. In gen. sense expr. by immŏdĭcusII. Specially, of expenditure1. expr. by sumptus, ūs, esp. with an adj.2. prŏfūsio3. prōdĭgālĭtas, prōdĭgentia4. luxŭria or -es (in gratifying the appetites) • extravagance: I. In gen. sense expr. by immŏdĭcus: there was an e. about both his language and his actions, cum verbis tum rebus immodicus (erat), Suet. Dom. 12, fin.: e. in dress, *immodicus vestitus: v. foll. art. and excessive. Phr.: avoid e., ne quid nimis (Gr. μηδὲν ἄγαν), Ter.. e. of joy, effusio animi in laetitia, Cic. (v. excess). II. Specially, of expenditure: 1. expr. by sumptus, ūs, esp. with an adj.: with what e. they lived, quantis et quam profusis sumptibus vixerint, Cic. Clu. 13, 36: why do you furnish the means of indulging in this e.? cur tu his rebus sumptum suggeris? Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 37: unbounded e., infinitae sumptuum profusiones, Vitr. 2. prŏfūsio: Suet.: Plin. jun. (v. supr. 1). 3. prōdĭgālĭtas, prōdĭgentia: v. prodigality. 4. luxŭria or -es (in gratifying the appetites): the present e. in building and living, profusa haec in aedificiis commeatibusque l., Vell. Phr.: with all their (wanton) e., they cannot run through their wealth, tamen summa libidine divitias suas vincere nequeunt, Sall. Cat. 20.