copiosus

Latin

Etymology

cōpia +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koː.piˈoː.sus/, [koːpiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.piˈo.sus/, [kopiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

cōpiōsus (feminine cōpiōsa, neuter cōpiōsum, comparative cōpiōsior, superlative cōpiōsissimus, adverb cōpiōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. copious, plentiful, abundant
2. prolific
3. eloquent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cōpiōsus	cōpiōsa	cōpiōsum		cōpiōsī	cōpiōsae	cōpiōsa
Genitive	cōpiōsī	cōpiōsae	cōpiōsī		cōpiōsōrum	cōpiōsārum	cōpiōsōrum
Dative	cōpiōsō		cōpiōsō		cōpiōsīs
Accusative	cōpiōsum	cōpiōsam	cōpiōsum		cōpiōsōs	cōpiōsās	cōpiōsa
Ablative	cōpiōsō	cōpiōsā	cōpiōsō		cōpiōsīs
Vocative	cōpiōse	cōpiōsa	cōpiōsum		cōpiōsī	cōpiōsae	cōpiōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: copiós
• English: copious
• French: copieux
• Italian: copioso
• Portuguese: copioso
• Spanish: copioso

References

• “copiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “copiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• copiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to speak very fluently: copiose dicere
    
  • (ambiguous) to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)