luxŭrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [luxuria], rank, luxuriant, exuberant.
- I. Lit.: frumenta, Cic. Or. 24, 81: seges, Ov. F. 1, 690: vitis valida et luxuriosa, Col. 5, 6, 36: vitis, id. 4, 21, 2.
- II. Trop.
- A. Immoderate, excessive: luxurioso otio esse, Sall. J. 100: laetitia, Liv. 2, 21.
- B. Immoderate, extravagant, wanton: luxuriosissimum dictum, Col. 8, 16: amor, Ov. R. Am. 746.
- C. Excessive, profuse, luxurious, voluptuous: reprehendere luxuriosos, Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21: multa et lauta supellex, non illa quidem luxuriosi hominis, sed tamen abundantis, id. Phil. 2, 27, 66: nihil luxuriosius, id. Pis. 27, 66: homines luxuriosi prodigi (vocantur), Paul. ex Fest. p. 250: cena, Juv. 11, 77.
Hence, adv.: luxŭrĭōsē.
- A. Wantonly, immoderately, excessively: ne haec laetitia nimis luxuriose eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3.
- B. Luxuriously, voluptuously: cum libidinosis luxuriose vivere, Cic. Cael. 6: exercitum luxuriose habere, Sall. C. 11.
Comp.: luxuriosius epulari, Nep. Paus. 3: struere fercula, Col. prooem.
Sup.: luxuriosissime bibere, Aug. Mor. Eccl. Cath. 34.