1386. The instrumental ablative is used with verbs of abounding,
filling, and furnishing: as,
#vīlla abundat porcō, haedō, āgnō#, _CM._ 56, _the country place is
running over with swine, kid, and lamb_. #tōtum montem hominibus
complērī iussit#, 1, 24, 3, _he gave orders for the whole mountain to be
covered over with men_. #Māgōnem poenā adfēcērunt#, N. 23, 8, 2, _they
visited Mago with punishment_. #legiōnēs nimis pulcrīs armīs praeditās#,
Pl. _Am._ 218, _brigades in goodliest arms arrayed_. #cōnsulārī imperiō
praeditus#, _Pis._ 55, _vested with the authority of consul_. For the
genitive with #compleō# and #impleō#, see 1293.
1387. The ablative is sometimes used with adjectives of fulness, instead
of the regular genitive (1263). Thus, in later Latin, rarely with
#plēnus#: as, #maxima quaeque domus servīs est plēna superbīs#, J. 5,
66, _a grand establishment is always full of stuck-up slaves_. #et ille
quidem plēnus annīs abiīt, plēnus honōribus#, Plin. _Ep._ 2, 1, 7,
_well, as for him, he has passed away, full of years and full of
honours_. So in Cicero and Caesar, once each. Also with #dīves# in
poetry, and, from Livy on, in prose. With #refertus#, the ablative of
things is common, while persons are usually in the genitive (1263). With
#onustus#, the ablative is generally used, rarely the genitive.