The meaning of the word "abundance". Abundance is ...

Speech is a unique gift from God to man. The extent to which the narrator's speech is diverse and rich, speaks of his literacy and erudition. Such a monologue is interesting to listen to and easy to remember. To say this, you need to train a lot, publicly speaking. But not a single speech will be bright and memorable with a lean vocabulary.

To expand your lexical stock, you need to read a lot not only new and popular books, but also works of ancient Russian literature. After all, she is the ancestress of the modern Russian language.

Origin of the lexeme

Abundance is quite an ancient word. It came to us in dark and deaf times.

From the Proto-Slavic (formed in the first millennium BC, from which all the Slavic languages originated) in the Old Slavonic one appears "obil" (in Greek δαΨιλής, ἄφθονος), "abundant" (ἀφθονία). In the Proto-Slavonic obil 'it is formed from the word form obvil, which in Old Slavonic "izviliѥ" means "abundance". Thus, the word "abundance" is a centuries-old history of the lexeme.

The meaning of the word "abundance"

Many lexicographers recorded "abundance" in their dictionaries. For example, it is in the sources of Brockhaus and Efron, VI Dal, DN Ushakov, SI Ozhegov and AP Evgenieva.

Consider the meaning of the word in the chronological order of the appearance of dictionaries "to the light."

"Explanatory dictionary of the living great Russian language", in another "TSZhVYA" (1863-1866), Vladimir Ivanovich Dal explained in the literal sense the word "abundance" - this is abundance, excess, contentment and many. Dahl gave in the dictionary article and an example of the use of the lexeme: "In that part of the abundance of fruits."

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron (1907) was released, like the "TSZhVYA", even in the Russian Empire. He treats the meaning quite differently. The dictionary tells the reader that Abundance is the heroine of Greco-Roman mythology, represented in the image of a woman who pours out various blessings from the cornucopia.

The next dictionary, in which we glance, is the "Explanatory Dictionary" by DN Ushakov. In his work Dmitry Nikolaevich treats abundance and wealth as synonyms.

Further - popular in the Soviet era, the explanatory dictionary of SI Ozhegov, compiled by the domestic linguist in 1949. The basis of his work was taken the dictionary Ushakov DN Therefore, many readers do not see much difference in the dictionary articles of these sources. So, Ozhegov explains the word of interest to us as full abundance / abundance, and again in the meaning of "multitude" and "wealth".

And the last source that we will consider is the "Small Academic Dictionary" (MAS) edited by Evgenyev AP. He was compiled by the Institute of the Russian Language of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1957. The first edition of the dictionary by volume resembled the works of Ushakov and Ozhegov. But the domestic lexicographers on the achieved did not stop and added the words there since the time of AS Pushkin. Thus, the dictionary today consists of four volumes. So, the explanatory dictionary of the second half of the twentieth century explains the meaning of the word "abundance": 1) large / huge number of someone or something; 2) prosperity or wealth (obsolete).

The myth of the cornucopia

In the encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, the authors of the dictionary article told that Abundance is the essence of late Greco-Roman mythology in the guise of a woman. Let's find out about it too!

In the ancient Greek pantheon of the gods Zeus is the chief supreme god. She nursed him with her milk in the cave of the island of Crete Amalfean goat. Her name means "the giver of wealth." Zeus survived and became a god, and the goat lost the horn. In gratitude to the goat, the supreme god made her horn a symbol of wealth. Thus, the horn of the Amalfean goat means abundance and prosperity.

Later, the ancient Romans endowed the goddess Abundia, the companion of Ceres (fertility), the cornucopia. From it, she poured gold. Her image was imprinted on coins. It's amazing that in her honor the Romans did not build temples and altars.

There are several more myths about the cornucopia. In the Middle Ages, the myth of the Golden Horn was renamed the legend of the Golden Grail.

Conclusion

Abundance is a multitude or a large number of anyone / something; Prosperity and prosperity.

Synonyms: wealth, abundance, luxury, plurality, etc.

Antonyms: poverty, lack, shortage, need.

Read books, enrich your vocabulary, then in your speech there will be an abundance of comparisons, metaphors and personifications!