I.in great profusion or abundance, abundantly, exceedingly, very; constr.,
A. With verbs: perfuse atque abunde usi magnum pondus auri, Sisenn. ap. Non. 516, 31: “abunde satis facere quaestioni,” Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3: “quibus mala abunde omnia erant,” Sall. C. 21; “so with esse (like satis, frustra, bene est, etc.),” id. ib. 58, 9; id. J. 63, 2; cf.: “mihi abunde est, si satis expressi, etc.,” I am more than satisfied, Plin. Ep. 4, 30 fin.; so, “abunde est, si,” id. ib. 7, 2 fin.; cf.: “cum sit satis abundeque, si, etc.,” id. Pan. 44, 7; and: abunde est, with a subject-clause: “hoc dixisse abunde est,” Col. 4, 19, 1; so id. 5, 3, 9; Cels. 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 7 al.: “sufficere,” Liv. 4, 22, 3: “contingere,” Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 10: “cavere,” Ov. M. 15, 759: “persequi aliquid,” Vell. 2, 103, 3: “abunde agnoscere,” id. 2, 116, 3: “mirari,” id. 1, 16, 2; 2, 116, 3 al.—
B. With adj.: “abunde magna,” Sall. J. 14, 18: “abunde pollens potensque,” id. ib. 1, 3: “par,” Liv. 8, 29, 4: “constans,” Curt. 6, 17, 13: “pulchrum atque magnificum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 15: abunde similes,” Quint. 10, 1, 25: “disertus,” id. 11, 1, 36: “elatus spiritus,” id. 10, 1, 104 al.—
C. With adv.: “abunde satis est,” Hor. S. 1, 2, 59; so Quint. 12, 11, 19: “abunde dixit bene,” id. 12, 9, 7.—
