I.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: “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: “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: “duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,” Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55: “largissimus esse,” Cic. 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. —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: “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. 5, 9, 48: “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: “peccavisti largiter,” id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: 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; cf.: “largiter mercedis indipiscar,” id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —*
C. largĭtus , copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).