ex-ūbĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
- I. Neutr., to come forth in abundance, to grow luxuriantly; to be abundant, to abound in.
- A. Prop.: cujus corpus in tam immodicum modum luxuriasset exuberassetque, Gell. 7, 22, 4: alte spumis exuberat amnis, Verg. A. 7, 465: (frus) mox increscens ad medium noctis exuberat, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228: pomis exuberat annus, Verg. G. 2, 516 al.
- B. Trop.: ex multa eruditione, ex pluribus artibus exundat et exuberat eloquentia, Tac. Or. 30: lucrum, Suet. Calig. 40.
- II. Act., to make full or abundant: quae favorum ceras exuberant, Col. 9, 4, 5: materia melior vindemiis exuberandis, id. 2, 15, 5.
Trop.: Scythae exuberant Persas, i. e. overwhelm by numbers of immigrants, Tert. Pall. 2.
P. a.: exuberans, ntis.
- a. Superfluous: hoc exuberantis quasi operis, ut, etc., Quint. 10, 5, 1.
- b. Extraordinary: pernicitas, Amm. 19, 8, 11.
Hence, adv.: exuberante, superfluously, Cassiod. de Amic. 25, 3.