noun · femininefirst declension
inopia
inopia f (genitive inopiae)
Classical[ɪˈnɔ.pi.a]Ecclesiastical[iˈnɔː.pi.a]
Meaning
- femininewant, lack, scarcity, need
- femininehelplessness
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | inopia | inopiae |
| genitive | inopiae | inopiārum |
| dative | inopiae | inopiīs |
| accusative | inopiam | inopiās |
| ablative | inopiā | inopiīs |
| vocative | inopia | inopiae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ad egestatem, ad inopiam (summam omnium rerum) redigi
- to be reduced to (abject) poverty.
ĭn-ŏpĭa, ae, f. inops,
I. want, lack, scarcity.
I. In gen.:
argenti, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 55: summa rerum omnium, Caes. B. G. 5, 2: frumenti commeatusque, id. ib. 3, 6: frumenti, Sall. J. 91, 1; cf.: frumentaria, Caes. B. G. 5, 24: et amore pereo et inopia argentaria, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 66: loci, Liv. 1, 33, 6: advocatorum, Tac. A. 11, 7: consilii, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2: criminum, id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48: occasionis, Suet. Cal. 56: remedii, Tac. A. 13, 57: veri, id. H. 1, 35 al.— II. In partic., a want, esp. of necessaries, want, need, indigence, scarcity, fewness.
A. Lit.: opem ferre inopiae, i. e. to one in want, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 3: Quor (me) conducebas? Bal. Inopia;
alius non erat, id. Ps. 3, 2, 9: ne inopiam cives objectare possint tibi, id. Trin. 3, 2, 27: si propter inopiam in egestate estis, Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88: utrum propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata sit amicitia, id. Lael. 8, 26; cf.: amicitiam ex inopia atque egestate natam volunt, id. ib. 9, 29; so also with egestas, id. Cat. 2, 11, 24: in Rhodiorum inopia et fame summaque annonae caritate, id. Off. 3, 12, 50: inopiae subsidium, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: inopiam vitare, id. ib. 3, 17: ad pudendam inopiam delabi, Tac. A. 2, 38: inopiam alicui facere, to bring one to want, id. H. 3, 48: manuum mercede inopiam tolerare, Sall. C. 38, 7: multorum dierum inopia contrahere pestem, Just. 2, 13, 12: dispensatio inopiae, of scanty supplies, Liv. 4, 12, 10.—B. Transf.
1. Want, helplessness:
praesidio esse contra vim et gratiam solitudini atque inopiae, to those who have no protectors, Cic. Quint. 1, 5: in hac causa improbitatem et gratiam cum inopia et veritate contendere, id. ib. 27, 84; id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20; id. Clu. 20, 57: judicum, worthlessness, id. Att. 1, 16, 2: ingenti cum difficultate itinerum locorumque inopia, and the want of necessaries in these regions, Vell. 2, 54, 3; Sen. ad Helv. 12.— 2. Of a speaker:
inopia et jejunitas, poverty of ideas, Cic. Brut. 55, 202.—3. Of the want of fruition:
incendere animum cupidum alicujus inopiā, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 126.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
inopia ae, f
inops, want, lack, scarcity: summa omnium rerum, Cs.: loci, L.: argumentorum.—Want, need, indigence, poverty, scarcity, famine: Inopiā Coacta, T.: propter inopiam in egestate esse: amicitia ex inopiā nata: inopiam vitandae causā, Cs.: manuum mercede inopiam tolerare, S.: illius animum inopiā incendere, i. e. by keeping unsatisfied, T.—A scant supply, scarcity: bonorum, S.: loci, L.: dispensatio inopiae, L.— Want, helplessness: inopiā coactus, embarrassment: praesidio esse solitudini atque inopiae, the unprotected.—Of mind or style, poverty, barrenness: inopia et ieiunitas: sermonis.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin inopia From inops (“helpless, destitute, poor”) + -ia.