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).
lavish (v.) Copy link Outline 1. prŏfundo, fūdi, sum, 3 (to pour out or spend freely)2. effundo, 33. largior, 4 • lavish (v.): 1. prŏfundo, fūdi, sum, 3 (to pour out or spend freely): to l. money or life for one's country, pecuniam, vitam pro patria p., Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84. 2. effundo, 3: v. to squander. 3. largior, 4: v. to bestow. So, dīlargior, to l. upon different persons, Cic. Agr. 2, 29, fin.: Tac.: Suet. Phr.: to l. caresses on any one, in amplexus alicujus effundi, Tac. A. 12, 47.
LAVISH Copy link • LAVISH 1. adj., prodigus (of persons): profusus, effusus (of persons and things): lavish of anything, prodigus, effusus, in aliqua re: lavish expenditure, sumtus profusus: to be lavish of, effundere; profundere: ☞ prodigere; obsolete, revived after the Golden Age; to be avoided. 2. v. effundere; profundere; conficere, consumere; (The words are found in this connection and order.) effundere et consumere (to consume or destroy by lavishing); abligurire, lacerare (e.g., patria bona): ☞ not prodigere, Vid: the foregoing word.