Logeion | largus

sol terras larga luce complevit
the sun fills up the lands with abundant light

largus , a, um: (adj.), ample; spacious, expansive, 6.640; plentiful, copious, flowing, 1.465; bountiful, free, 10.619; w. gen., lavish, 11.338.

largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. λᾶ- in λιλαίομαι, λῆμα; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.

I In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pabula, abundant, Lucr. 5, 869: haustus, id. 1, 412: semen, id. 4, 1238: imbres, id. 1, 282; cf.: undae fluminis, id. 1, 1031: lux, id. 2, 806; cf.: (sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: odores, Ov. M. 4, 758: aër, Lucr. 4, 894—Comp.: largior ignis, Hor. S. 1, 8, 44: largiore vino usus, Liv. 40, 14: largiora stipendia, Tac. A. 1, 31: nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito, Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.—Sup.: munus largissimum edere, Suet. Tit. 7 fin.: vena largissima ferri, Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—
- - - - β With gen., abounding in any thing: largus lacrumarum, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30 (533): opum, Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608: comae, Sil. 7, 601: rapinae, id. 8, 250.—
      - γ With abl.: audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna? Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8 (598): folia larga suco, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—
II In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal: justus, injustus: malignus, largus, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17 (401): duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55: largissimus esse, id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118: largus et exundans ingenii fons, Juv. 10, 119: largus animo, of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59: promissis, liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58: natura, Juv. 10, 301.—Comp.: Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior? Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24 (280). —Poet.: largus animae, prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.: spes donare novas largus, Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.
- A largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally: large blandus, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19 (196): large dare, Cic. Mur. 4, 10: large effuseque donare, id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23: large et copiose aliquid comparare, id. N. D. 2, 47, 121: munifice et large dari, id. ib. 3, 27, 69: large atque honorifice promittere, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44: large liberaliterque aestimare, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204: ministrare libertatem alicui, id. Rep. 1, 43, 66: senatus consultum large factum, Tac. A. 6, 15: large florescens, Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56: large frequentantibus (locum), in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73: large amplecti, widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.—Comp.: dare largius, Ter. Eun. 1078: ne potum largius aequo Rideat, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.—Sup.: copia quam largissime facta, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—
- B largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose; not used by Cic.), Plaut. Truc. 5, 11 (903): peccavisti largiter, id. Most. 2, 2, 9 (439); cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49 (485): apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18: distare, Lucr. 6, 1112: auferre, id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132: discrepare, Vitr. 6, 1, 8: largius a prisca consuetudine movere, Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—
- - - - β Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.): credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144 (1188); cf.: largiter mercedis indipiscar, id. ib. 5, 2, 28 (1315). —*
- C largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).

1. largus, a, um, reichlich, I) im allg.: pabula, Lucr.: lac, Verg.: imber, Verg.: ignis, Hor.: cum sol terras largā luce compleverit, Cic.: vino largiore uti, Liv.: largus vini usus, Tac.: copiam quam largissimam facere, Cic.: munus largissimum edere, mit aller Pracht u. im Überfluß, Suet. – m. Genet., reich an etwas, lacrimarum, Plaut.: largus opum, Verg.: comae, Sil.: fons aquae largus, Lucan.: u. so m. Abl., folia larga suco, Plin.: homo largior linguā, schwatzhaft, Plaut. – II) insbes., freigebig, gern od. viel gebend od. schenkend, zu etw. willig und geneigt (Ggstz. avarus, malignus), absol., qui si largissimus esse vellet, Cic. Verr. 3, 118: Plur. subst., largi, Leute, die gern schenken, Cic. de off. 2, 55. – m. Abl. loc., largus animo, fr. von Charakter, Tac. hist. 2, 59. – m. Abl. instr., largus operā nocturnā, Plaut.: promissis, Tac.: mit Genet., mercandi, Sil.: largus animae, das Leben willig dahingebend (wagend), Stat.: mit Infin., spes donare novas, Hor. carm. 4, 12, 19.

largus [CL] 1 liberal in giving or spending, generous, munificent: a (of human; also as sb. m.); b (of God or Christ); c (~a manus, ~a mens, or sim.); d (of quality, action, or sim.); e (w. prep. or gen. indicating scope of generosity); f (in glossary or sim.). a pauperibus ‥ humilis, benignus et ~us fuit Bede HE III 6 p. 138; s900 erat ‥ rex [Alfredus] ‥ ~issimus distributor elemosinarum Chr. S. Neoti; sunt ‥ duo omnino genera ~orum: alteri prodigi, alteri liberales dicuntur W. Malm. GR IV 313 p. 367; erat ‥ munerum ‥ dator ~issimus Ord. Vit. VII 5 p. 168; dat largus danda, retinet que sunt retinenda; / prodigus effundit que sunt sua D. Bec. 2200; rex avarus sibi et ~us subditis Bacon V 42. b Christo ‥, / fercula qui dapibus largus complevit opimis Aldh. VirgV 1604; 814 (9c) ~us largitor omnium bonorum Deus CS 348 p. 485; Deus qui est ‥, ut habeantur bona desiderata, ~issimus administrator Asser Alf. 76 p. 61; cogitare debes quam sit ~us et munificus [sc. Deus] Edmund Spec. Relig. 132. c quidquid habebat, / distribuit larga mente in donaria Christi Alcuin Carm. 66. 2. 9; sit ‥ nostra manus miseris largissima semper Ib. 100. 1. 10; larga salutiferi ‥ pectora Christi Wulf. Swith. II 363; militibus ‥ ~a manu stipendia data sunt Ord. Vit. IV 2 p. 167; quam ~a manu ‥ pauperum necessaria procurabat V. Gund. 17; larga manus, pietas, animi prudencia, notum / gratum discretum reddit R. Partes 231. d a705 inceptum ~ae institutionis beneficium ‥ comple (Æthelwald) Ep. Aldh. 2 (7) p. 496; c730 (11c) terram ‥ ~a mentis benevolentia donans concedo CS 157; benedicto Christi / ‥ largissima Alcuin WillV 17. 6; 969 (11c) ~a munificentia regum CS 1229; c1100 ejus [sc. archiepiscopi] benigna largitate et ~a benignitate sustentor Anselm (Ep. 210) IV 106; ~a ‥ laudabilique liberalitate Gir. TH III praef. p. 139. e tu ‥ insularis draco ‥, multis ‥ ~ior in dando, profusior in peccato Gildas EB 33; [Osuui] fuerat ‥ / ‥ donorum largus miseris Alcuin SS Ebor 572; in victu sibi parcus aliisque ~us Ord. Vit. VI 4 p. 16; meditare quam ~us sit Deus in ‥ virtutibus tribuendis Edmund Spec. Relig. 132; vide qualiter [Deus] est ~us de bonis temporalibus ‥, deinde vide quomodo est ~us ad ‥ dimittendum peccata Spec. Eccl. 132; s1251 (v. dare 1g). f GlC F 333; GlH F 795 (v. frugalis 2c); liberalis, ~us GlC L 185; prodigus, profusus, ~us Ib. P 583; GlH D 505; Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 180 (v. dilargus); ~us vel dapsilis, cystig Ælf. Gl. 165. 12; prodigus ‥, i. ultra modum ~us Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 30; munerosus, ~us ‥ Ib. 363. 2 (of gifts, alms, or sim.; some quots. perh. to be referred to 3 infra) liberally given, generous, munificent: a (of material goods, money); b (of immaterial goods); c (as sb. n.). a dapes lautas et munera larga ciborum Aldh. VirgV 1592; 949 (16c) rex confert ‥ ~a lucra lictoribus CS 882; largas ‥ / inpensas eleis palmis fundebat apertis Frith. 1132; multa flagitia commisit, sed postea ‥ eleemosynis ~issimis ‥ quedam delevit W. Malm. GR II 178 p. 211; nobiles ~as faciunt elemosinas [ME: makeð large relef] AncrR 55. b 798 ego Athelhardus ~a ‥ Dei gratia annuente metropolitanus (Clovesho) Conc. HS 512 (= CS 291 p. 405); 962 (11c) ego Oswald ~o Christi carismate praesul dicatus CS 1091; Cunctitonans ‥ / respexit hominis beneficia larga Wulf. Swith. I 231; invitatus ‥ ut ‥ ~am clementiam Anglorum experiretur W. Malm. GR II 228 p. 281. c nos tui servi tua larga, Christe, / corde rogamus Alcuin Carm. 89 p. 313. 3 (w. ref. to quantity or magnitude) abundant, copious, ample, great: a (of var. material things); b (of wealth, expense, or sim.); c (of event, action); d (of var. abstrs.); e (in hypallage). a convivia larga puellae / ‥ ferunt Aldh. VirgV 1149; complentur valles, et larga fluenta redundant Ib. 2046; quis ‥ numero conclusit ‥ / ‥ pluvie largas ‥ guttas? Wulf. Brev. 76; populus ‥ ~o et luxurianti superbus sanguine W. Malm. GR IV 347 p. 396. b [aemulus hostis] largissima lucra ministrat Frith. 1349; comes ‥ ~is sumptibus milites suos continebat W. Malm. GR III 238 p. 298; princeps ‥ suo infert erario ~as opes Ord. Vit. VIII 8 p. 312; capiunt ~iorem custumam [Scot.: mar custom] quam concessum est Iter Cam. 12. c in caput sancti peditat benedictio larga Æthelwulf Abb. 518; [rex] nihil tale hostem ausurum timens ~e quieti indulsisset W. Malm. GR II 131 p. 143; dicta episcoporum ~is suspiriis excipiens Id. GP I 49 p. 90; ~ior profectus Pecock Abbr. 618 (v. frequentatio 3b). d grande ‥ intervallum et ~a spatiosae intercapidinis differentia Aldh. VirgP 17; otium ‥ et remotio ‥ ~am scribendi materiam ‥ conferunt Ib. 59; 798 ~a benedictionis tuae ubertas W. Malm. GR I 88 p. 87 (= CS 287). e Egfridus imperii largas retinebat habenas Frith. 541. 4 (w. ref. to spatial dimensions) extensive, spacious, large, (also) broad (from one side to the other), wide; b (of metal, w. ref. to ductility, malleability; but perh. ‘yielding, not rigid’). c (as sb. f.) ? a measure of land (of unknown dimensions). sibi ‥ predia ejus et ~os honores [estates] adipisci cupiebant Ord. Vit. IV 14 p. 266; [sunt equis] pectora larga, jacens parvus ubique pilus L. Durh. Dial. II 200; 1236 (v. fossatum 2d); 1263 unam ~am viam continentem quatuor perticas in latitudine (Agardsley, Staffs) BBC 377; ~iorem marginem R. Bury Phil. 17. 222 (v. glossator 1b); ecce fores large, quas servat janitor arte Gower VC III 841; nunc curtis, nunc longis, nunc ~is utuntur vestibus Itin. Mand. 76; s1381 quemdam ‥ decollaverunt in ~a terra ante januas abbathie Wals. HA I 471; 1441 xij disci largi de argento Test. Ebor. II 188; ~iorem meatum Plusc. IX 30 (v. degradare 2); [Wokyhole] est ita ~us sicut Westminsterhalle W. Worc. Itin. 290; c1520 vestes ‥ cum manicis longis latis et ~is Conc. Scot. I cclxxvii. b 1165 aurum ‥ ~um ad dilatationem (v. incontaminabilis). c 1476 onerat se ‥ de xxxiij s. iiij d. de firmis de duabus ~is terrarum jacentibus infra vicecomitatum de Invernes ExchScot 365. 5 (of discourse) lengthy. b (as sb. n.: ad ~um) at length, in full. in illo sermone dulcissimo ac ~issimo quem ‥ ultimum ante passionem habuit [Christus] Bede Cant. 1208. b 1567 ut ad largum in dicta indentura ‥ patet Surv. Pembr. 394. 6 (mus.): a (sb. f.) ‘large’, note or rest equal in duration to two or more longae, or character representing such note (also superl. ~issima, signifying note longer than ~a). b (adj.) having the duration of a ‘large’ or (superl.) of a ~issima (v. a supra; in quots., of rest). a ex maxima quadrata solum una species [sc. notarum] constat, que ~a vocatur Torkesey 58; illa nota que vocatur ~a bene ‥ posset appellari longior ‥, et ‥ illa que ~issima vocatur ‥ longissima posset appellari proprie Fig. 44; sunt octo species figurarum, sc. ~a, duplex longa, longa, brevis, semibrevis, minor, semiminor, minima Hauboys 192; ~a aliquando valet novem longas, aliquando octo ‥, aliquando quatuor Ib. 198; duplex longa ‥ a quibusdam ~a vocatur Ib. 218; potest ‥ pausa ~e perfici, ut pausa ante ~am vel ante largam pausam Ib. 340; prima [nota] dicitur ~issima, secunda ~a, tercia longa, quarta brevis, quinta semibrevis, sexta minuta, septima minima sive simpla sive crocheta, secundum diversitatem loquencium Will. 24; ~issima perfecta est figura quadrangularis ‥ Ib. 26; Wals. Mus. Mens. 74 (v. figura 2e). b ante ~am pausam Hauboys 340 (v. a supra); ponenda est figura ‥ Johannis de Torkesey cum addicione ~issime pause Will. 29. 7 a free, at liberty, unconfined (in quot., of animal). b (of right of way, access) free, unrestricted. a corruit in terram, largus [v. l. lapsus] aberrat equus Nig. SS 1434. b 1248 ita quod ‥ habeant liberum et ~um ingressum et regressum MonA V 357b; 13‥ ~am liberam et racionabilem viam Ib. VI 288b (v. faleisia a). 8 (as sb. n. in var. phrases; cf. 5b supra): a (~um suum habere) to have the freedom or opportunity (to do, etc.). b (ad ~um, ad ~a) at liberty, at large. c (ad ~um esse ad) to be at liberty, be free (to do, etc.; in quot., foll. by gdv.). a 1433 nunquam aliquem habere ~um suum ‥ rasuram fecisse permisit nisi solomodo predictum W. Cl 283 m. 4d.. b 1331 J. ad ~a jam se spaciatur infra civitatem predictam Cl 150 m. 14d.; 1349 J. fuit ad ~um et extra quamlibet prisonam SelCKB VI 68; 1384 ipsum N. cum vinis suis ‥ ad ~um posuimus IMisc 234/2 m. 3; quod canes non circumvagent in civitate ad ~um MGL I 349; tibi precipimus quod prefatum J. a prisona ‥ deliberari facias et ad ~um, quocunque voluerit, transire permittas Reg. Brev. Orig. 80r; 1433, 1515 (v. ire 1c); 1475 (v. escapere 2); 1516 permiserunt porcos suos euntes ad ~um in regia strata non anulatos (CourtR Ottery St. M.) MS Devon RO CR 1288 m. 108. c 1432 omnes illi qui aliquas assignaciones ‥ habent ‥ sint ad ~um ad novas assignaciones ‥ prosequendas Cl 282 m. 4.

1 largus, (9) a, um, ¶ 1 copieux, abondant, considérable : Lucr. 5, 869 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 49 || [avec gén.] abondant en : Pl. As. 533 ; Virg. En. 11, 338 || [avec abl.] : Pl. As. 598 ; Plin. 25, 161 ¶ 2 qui donne largement, libéral, large : Cic. Off. 2, 55 ; Verr. 2, 3, 118 ; Juv. 10, 119 ; Tac. H. 2, 59 || [avec inf.] Hor. O. 4, 12, 19 || -ior Hor. S. 1, 8, 44 ; Liv. 40, 14 || -issimus Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 118.

largus, a, um (adv. largē en largiter)

1. vrijgevig, graag gevend of schenkend; ➤ vir ~ animo met een gul karakter; large donare;
2. rijkelijk [pabulum; imber]; ➤ sol terras -ā luce complet; vino largiore uti;
3. rijk aan (m. gen.; abl.) [lacrimarum]; ➤ homo ~ linguā praatziek.

largus , a, um. adj. c. s.
豐盛。大方者。— lacrymarum 甚哭。— promissis 多許者。Donat largus 大方施捨。

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, Amplus, diffusus. Hist. invent. S. Baudel. inter Probat. tom. 1. Hist. Nem. pag. 4. col. 1 : Quod sepulchrum gloriosum, etiam a Gregorio Turonensi episcopo, miraculorum scriptore egregio, inter Largissima scripta celebratum. Confirm. privil. episc. Mimat. ann. 1372. tom. 5. Ordinat. reg. Franc. pag. 604 : Quod ratione libertatum antiquarum dictæ ecclesiæ bullæque aureæ et pariagii, de quibus supra fit mentio, dicta declaratio fieri non potuit ; quin ymo Largior erat et magis ampla, quam essent dicta pariagium et bulla super quibus fundabatur. Syllaba Larga, in Donat. provinc. pag. 171. et alibi. A Lat. Largus, genuino sensu, nostri Large, pro Liberal, dixerunt. Hinc Henricus comes Campaniæ le Large cognominatus est ; cujus appellationis rationem ita subdit Joinvilla in Hist. S. Ludov. edit. reg. pag. 20 : Ce Henri desus dit fust conte de Champaingne et de Brie, et fu appelé le conte Henri le Large ; et dut ainsi estre appelé, cur il fu Large à Dieu et au siecle. Le Doctrinal Ms. : Se vous estes cortois, et Larges et métans. , Huc et illuc libere vagari, Gall. Aller ça et là. Cbarta ann. 1330. in Reg. 66. Chartoph. reg. ch. 426 : Cum sit res mali exempli, quod homo accusatus de morte duorum hominum, ita vadat ad Largum, etc. , id est, Largiter, large, benigne, in Chron. Danduli, apud Murator. tom. 12. col. 489.

largus adj.

with comp.and sup, abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much: viaticum: odores, O.: largiore vino usus, L.: amicum Largiora flagito, more, H.: fletus, floods of tears, V.: opum, abounding in, V.—Giving abundantly, bountiful, profuse, liberal: duo genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales: largissimus esse: ingenii fons, Iu.: Spes donare novas largus, H.

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