Profundo, profundis profùdi, profûsum. pe. pro. prosúndere. Plaut.To poure out largely: to spend exceedingly, or oute of measure: to lauish or lash out.Aquam sub mensas profundere. Pli. To poure or cast.Animam profundere.Cic.To spend his life.Clamorem profundere. Ci. To crie out as lowde as one cã.Ignes profundere. Lucret. To cast out fire.Laborem profundere & perdere. Ci. To labour in vaine.Lachrymas profundere. Ci. To weepe much and bitterly: to power out teares.Lachrimas oculis profundere. Vir. Odium inclusum profundere in aliquem.Cic.To vtter the grudge & hatred that hath lyen long hid in ones stomack agayust a man.Palmites profundere dicitur vinea. Col. To shoote out many branches.Res iam vniuersas profundam.Cic.Sanguinem pro patria profundere.Cic.To spend his blood for his countrey.Se in aliquem profundere. Ci. To shew all the pleasure that he can toward one.Verba profundere ventis. Lucret. To spend many wordes in vayne.Vires animi & ingenij profundere.Cic.To employ all his power and wit in bringing any thing to passe.Vitam profundere pro patria.Cic.To spend his life for his countrey.Vocem profundere.Cicer.To vtter a voyce or noyse with a grone. Voces profudir pectore. Catull. Voluptates quÛ inclusæ diutius & cóstrictæ fuerunt, subitò sese nonounquam profundunt atque eijciunt vniuersæ.Cic.Pleasnres after they haue bene long restrayned and kept short, sometime vpon a sodayne doe burst forth and come to men aboundantly. Profundere. Ter. To spende wastfnllye and beyonde measure.Quum pecuniam profudisset.Cic.Patrimonia sua profuderunt, fortunas suas obligurierÛt. C.
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prō-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour out or forth, to shed copiously, to cause to flow (class.). I.Lit.: sanguinem suum profundere omnem cupit, dummodo profusum hujus ante videat, Cic. Clu. 6, 18: sanguinem pro patriā, id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; 2, 30, 97: vim lacrimarum, id. Rep. 6, 14, 14: lacrimas oculis, Verg. A. 12, 154; Ov. M. 9, 679; 7, 91; Sen. Med. 541: sanguinem ex oculis, Plin. 10, 60, 79, 164: aquam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29: vinum, id. Curc. 1, 1, 92: vina deo tamquam sitienti, Lact. 2, 4, 13; 6, 1, 5: aquas sub mensas, Plin. 28, 2, 5, 26. —With se, to burst or gush forth: lacrimae se subito profuderunt, Cic. Ac. 11, 7, 6.—B.Transf.1.To stretch at full length, to prostrate (poet.): cum somnus membra profudit, Lucr. 4, 757: praecipites profusae in terram, id. 6, 744.—Mid.: profusus, abjectus jacens. Pacuvius: profusus gemitu, murmure, stretched at full length, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 321 Rib.). —2.To pour or cast out, bring forth, produce (class.): posticā parte profudit, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 16: (puerum) ex alvo matris natura profudit, Lucr. 5, 225: sonitus, id. 6, 401: ignes, id. 6, 210: omnia ex ore, id. 6, 6: pectore voces,
to pour forth
,
utter
, Cat. 64, 202: vocem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56: clamorem, id. Fl. 6, 15; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25: voces, Cat. 64, 202: vitia, Suet. Tib. 42: dolorem, Vop. Aur. 1: palmites, Col. 5, 5, 17.—3. With se, to pour forth, rush forth or out; of bees: cum se nova profundent examina, Col. 9, 3; of archers: omnis multitudo sagittariorum se profudit, Caes. B. C. 3, 93; of luxuriant plants: ea, quae se nimium profuderunt,
have shot out
,
sent out shoots
, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88: profundit se supra modum numerus palmitum, Col. 7, 24, 4.— II.Trop., to cast or throw away: ventis verba profundere, Lucr. 4, 931: quae si non profundere ac perdere videbor, Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 17.—B. In partic. 1.To throw away.a. In a bad sense, spend uselessly; to lavish, dissipate, squander: profundat, perdat, pereat, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, 155: patrimonia, id. Cat. 2, 5, 10: pecunias in res, id. Off. 2, 16, 55.—b. In a good sense, to spend, sacrifice: non modo pecuniam, sed vitam etiam profundere pro patriā, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84.—c. Esp., of life, to yield, give up: animam, Cic. Marc. 10, 32: si pateretur natura, vel denas animas profundere praestabat in pugnā, quam, etc., Amm. 26, 10, 13: spiritum in acie, Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—2.To pour out, vent; to expend, exert, employ; to set forth, show, explain: odium in aliquem, Cic. Pis. 7, 16: omnes profudi vires animi atque ingenii mei, id. Att. 1, 18, 2: res universas,
to set forth
,
explain
, id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—3. With se, to pour itself forth, i. e. to rush forth, break out: voluptates cum inclusae diutius, subito se nonnumquam profundunt atque eiciunt universae, Cic. Cael. 31, 75: si totum se ille in me profudisset,
had wholly poured himself out to me
,
had been liberal
, id. Att. 7, 3, 3: in questus flebiles sese in vestibulo curiae profuderunt, Liv. 23, 20, 5.—Hence, prŏ-fūsus, a, um, P. a.A.Lit., spread out, extended, hanging down (ante- and postclass.): cauda profusa usque ad calces, Varr. R. R. 2, 5.—Comp.: equi coma et cauda profusior,
, Sall. C. 5, 4.—With in and abl.: simul ad jacturam temporis ventum est, profusissimi in eo, cujus unius honesta avaritia est, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 2.—Of things abstr. and concr.: profusis sumptibus vivere, Cic. Quint. 30, 93: profusa luxuria in aedificiis, Vell. 2, 33, 4.—2. In a good sense, liberal (poet.): mens profusa, Stat. S. 3, 1, 91: homo, Mart. 8, 38, 11.—3.Costly, expensive: amare profusas epulas, Cic. Mur. 36, 76: convivia, Suet. Tit. 7.—4.Immoderate, excessive, extravagant: profusa hilaritas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15: genus jocandi, id. Off. 1, 29, 103: cupido, Tac. H. 1, 52.—Sup.: profusissima libido, Suet. Claud. 53.—Adv.: prŏfūsē. 1.Lit., lavishly, extravagantly, profusely (post-Aug.): aedes profuse exstructa,
at an immoderate expense
, Suet. Aug. 72.—Sup.: festos et solemnes dies profusissime celebrabat, Suet. Aug. 75.— 2.Trop.a.In disorder, confusedly: consul obstitit profuse tendentibus suis in castra, Liv. 10, 36.—b.Immoderately, excessively: profuse prolixeque laudare, Gell. 5, 1, 2.—Comp.: eo profusius sumptui deditus erat, Sall. C. 13, 5.