ăbundantĭa, ae, f. [abundo], abundance, plenty, fulness, richness (syn. copia).
- I. In the Cic. and Aug. per. usu. with a gen. to define it more exactly: omnium rerum abundantia et copia, Cic. Lael. 23; id. Agr. 2, 97: otii, id. Fam. 7, 1: amoris, id. ib. 1, 9, 1 al.
- II. Absol., pecuniary wealth, riches, Cic. Cat. 2, 10; Tac. Agr. 6; id. H. 2, 94: laborare abundantiā, from overloading the stomach, Suet. Claud. 44 (cf. id. ib. 40).
Fig., of speech: multa ex juvenili abundantiā coërcuisse, Quint. 12, 1, 20.