English → Latin
“opulent” in Latin
dīvesrich, wealthy; productive, fertile, abundant with riches; sumptuous, costly, splendid, preciouslocuplēspossessing large, landed property; rich, wealthyopulentuswealthy; rich; opulentcōpiōsuscopious, plentiful, abundant; prolific; eloquentpraedīvesvery rich, very plentifulperdīvesvery rich, wealthy; very productive, fertileaffluōto flow, run or float to, towards or in; to come to in haste; run, hasten or flock to or towards; to flow with something
The English word opulent itself goes back to Latin ops, through opulentus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
opulent
dives; locuples; opulentus; copiosus; praedives; perdives; magnis opibus praeditus; (The words are found in this connection and order.) locuples et copiosus; opulentus et copiosus; locuples et refertus. To be opulent, divitiis diffluere, affluere, abundare; omnibus rebus ornatum et copiosum esse; opibus maxime florere; magnas opes habere; omni rerum abundantia circumfluere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for opulent?
- The usual Latin words for “opulent” are dīves, locuplēs, opulentus; also cōpiōsus, praedīves, perdīves. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.