abundans

Latin

Alternative forms

• habundans

Etymology

Present participle of abundō.

Participle

abundāns (genitive abundantis, comparative abundantior, superlative abundantissimus, adverb abundanter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. overflowing
2. abounding (in)
3. abundant, copious

   Synonyms: cōpiōsus, largus, cumulātus, ūber, fēcundus

   Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	abundāns			abundantēs	abundantia
Genitive	abundantis			abundantium
Dative	abundantī			abundantibus
Accusative	abundantem	abundāns		abundantēs abundantīs	abundantia
Ablative	abundante abundantī1			abundantibus
Vocative	abundāns			abundantēs	abundantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

Descendants of abundans in other languages

• Catalan: abundant
• English: abundant
• French: abondant
• German: abundant
• Italian: abbondante
• Portuguese: abundante
• Romanian: abundent
• Spanish: abundante

References

• “abundans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abundans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abundans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • rich in ideas: sententiis abundans or creber (opp. sententiis inanis)
    
  • to be rich in words: verbis abundantem esse, abundare