Latin edit

Etymology edit

Passive perfect participle of prŏfundō.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. excessive, lavish, profuse, extravagant

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative profūsus profūsa profūsum profūsī profūsae profūsa
Genitive profūsī profūsae profūsī profūsōrum profūsārum profūsōrum
Dative profūsō profūsō profūsīs
Accusative profūsum profūsam profūsum profūsōs profūsās profūsa
Ablative profūsō profūsā profūsō profūsīs
Vocative profūse profūsa profūsum profūsī profūsae profūsa

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: profuse
  • French: profus

References edit

  • 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