profusus

Latin

Etymology

Passive perfect participle of prŏfundō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈfuː.sus/, [prɔˈfuːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfu.sus/, [proˈfuːs̬us]

Adjective

profūsus (feminine profūsa, neuter profūsum, superlative profūsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. excessive, lavish, profuse, extravagant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	profūsus	profūsa	profūsum		profūsī	profūsae	profūsa
genitive	profūsī	profūsae	profūsī		profūsōrum	profūsārum	profūsōrum
dative	profūsō	profūsae	profūsō		profūsīs
accusative	profūsum	profūsam	profūsum		profūsōs	profūsās	profūsa
ablative	profūsō	profūsā	profūsō		profūsīs
vocative	profūse	profūsa	profūsum		profūsī	profūsae	profūsa

Related terms

• profundo

Descendants

• → English: profuse
• → French: profus

References

• “profusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • prodigal expenditure: sumptus effusi (vid. sect. IX. 2, note Cf. effusa fuga...) or profusi