adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
locuplēs
locuplēs (genitive locuplētis, comparative locuplētior, superlative locuplētissimus)
Classical[ˈɫɔ.kʊ.pɫeːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɔː.ku.ples]
locuplēte sg. abl.
Meaning
- one terminationpossessing large, landed property
- one terminationrich, wealthy
‘cētera luxuriae nōndum īnstrūmenta vigēbant, aut pecus aut lātam dīves habēbat humum;
“The other instruments of luxury were not yet thriving: a rich man had either a herd or wide land; hence also [the word for] ‘wealthy’, [and] for this reason ‘money’ itself is named.” (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology). An owner of much land was ‘loci plenus’ or ‘full of land’, hence ‘locuples’; use of ‘pecunia’ as a word for ‘money’ came from the value of a ‘pecus’, a herd or flock of cattle, sheep or other livestock.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.279-281
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dīves, bonīs abundānslocuplēs -ētis — in Epistulae, ch. 13
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Divitiæ · Opes · Gazæ · Locuples · Opulentus · Copiosus
1. Divitiæ and gazæ denote riches quite generally, as possessions and the means of satisfying one’s wishes of any sort, whereas opes, as the means of attaining higher ends, of aggrandizing one’s self, and of acquiring and maintaining influence. Divitiæ (from δεύειν) denotes the riches of a private person, like πλοῦτος; opes (opulentus, πολύς), the instrument of the statesman, or of the ambitious in political life; gazæ, the treasure of a king or prince, like θησαυροί. 2. Dives means rich in opp. to poor, Quintil. v. 10, 26, like πλούσιος; locuples (loculos πλήθων), well-off, in opp. to egens, egenus, Cic. Planc. 35. Ros. Com. 8, like ἀφνειός; opulentus and copiosus, opulent, in opp. to inops, Cic. Parad. 6. Tac. H. iii. 6, like εὔπορος. (v. 81.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | locuplēs | locuplēs | locuplēs |
| genitive | locuplētis | locuplētis | locuplētis |
| dative | locuplētī | locuplētī | locuplētī |
| accusative | locuplētem | locuplētem | locuplēs |
| ablative | locuplēte locuplētī | locuplēte locuplētī | locuplēte locuplētī |
| vocative | locuplēs | locuplēs | locuplēs |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | locuplētēs | locuplētēs | locuplētia |
| genitive | locuplētium locuplētum | locuplētium locuplētum | locuplētium locuplētum |
| dative | locuplētibus | locuplētibus | locuplētibus |
| accusative | locuplētīs locuplētēs | locuplētīs locuplētēs | locuplētia |
| ablative | locuplētibus | locuplētibus | locuplētibus |
| vocative | locuplētēs | locuplētēs | locuplētia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- testis locuples
- a witness worthy of all credit.
- lingua graeca latinā locupletior (copiosior, uberior) est
- the Greek language is a richer one than the Latin.
lŏcū^ples, ētis (ū, Mart. 5, 36, 6;
I. gen. locupletium and locupletum; abl. sing. locuplete, usu. of a person, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29; id. Att. 12, 43, 2; Tac. H. 1, 46;
rarely of a thing, Hor. S. 2, 6, 102; Pers. 3, 74: locupleti, of things, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 4; rarely of a person, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46; Macrob. S. 5, 18, 14; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 49 sq.), adj. locus-plenus, rich in lands, substantial, opulent (syn.: dives, abundans, copiosus). I. Lit.:
quod tum erat res in pecore et locorum possessionibus: ex quo pecuniosi et locupletes vocabantur, Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16; cf.: (P. Nigidius) locupletem dictum ait ex compositis vocibus, qui pleraque loca, hoc est, qui multas possessiones teneret, Gell. 10, 5: locupletes locorum multorum domini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 119 Müll.— So too, locupletem a locorum copia, Quint. 5, 10, 55: locupletes dicebant loci, hoc est agri plenos, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11: unum genus est eorum, qui magno in aere alieno, majores etiam possessiones habent: horum hominum species est honestissima, sunt enim locupletes, Cic. Cat. 2, 8; rarely of things: neque minus locuples ad eos hereditas perveniat, Gai. Inst. 1, 192.—B. Transf., in gen., rich, wealthy, opulent:
de ornatu ut locupletes simus scitis, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 4: egebat? immo locuples erat, Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 22: mulier copiosa plane et locuples, id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55.—As subst.: Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit, the rich, Cic. Rep. 3, 9 fin.: ut suffragia non in multitudinis, sed in locupletium potestate essent, id. ib. 2, 22, 39.—So fem.: locuples quae nupsit avaro, Juv. 6, 141: locuples et referta domus, id. de Or. 1, 35, 161: in locuplete penu, Pers. 3, 74: locupletem optare podagram, i. e. characteristic of the rich, Juv. 13, 96. —With abl.: praedā locuples, Sall. J. 84: locuples frugibus annus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 137: mancipiis locuples, id. ib. 1, 6, 39.—With gen.: pecuniae, App. M. 8, p. 202, 12: locuples aquila, i. e. the lucrative post of centurion, Juv. 14, 197.—With in and abl. in thesauris, Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.—Comp.: locupletior negotiator, Quint. 1, 12, 17.—Sup.: urbs locupletissima, Cic. Rep. 1, 14: locupletissimae urbes, Caes. B. C. 3, 31.—II. Trop.
A. Well stored or provided, richly supplied, rich:
Lyslas oratione locuples, rebus ipsis jejunior, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. N. D. 1, 40, 112: Latinam linguam non modo non inopem, sed locupletiorem etiam esse quam Graecam, id. Fin. 1, 3, 10.—B. Transf., that is able to answer for a thing, that is a good surety, responsible, trustworthy, reliable, safe, sure:
reus, that can fulfil his engagement, Liv. 9, 9: auctor, testis, a sufficient surety, a credible witness: Pythagoras et Plato locupletissimi auctores, jubent, Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119; cf.: quem enim auctorem de illo (Socrate) locupletiorem Platone laudare possumus? id. Rep. 1, 10, 16: locuples auctor Thucydides, id. Brut. 12, 47; id. Div. 1, 19, 37: accedit etiam testis locuples, Posidonius, id. Off. 3, 2, 10: tabellarius, a trusty, safe letter-carrier, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 6.—Hence, adv.: lŏcū^plētē, richly, amply (postclass.). 1. Lit., sup.:
locupletissime mu neratus, Spart. Hadr. 3: dotata filia, Aur. Vict. Epit. 9.—2. Trop., in comp., Front. ad Anton. Imp. 1, 3 Mai.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
locuplēs ētis (abl. -plētī or -plēte; plur gen. -plētium and -plētum), adj. with comp. and sup.
locus+PLE-, rich in lands, substantial, opulent : pecuniosi et locupletes.— Rich, wealthy, opulent : egebat? immo locuples erat: aquila, i. e. the lucrative post of centurion , Iu.: locupletem optare podagram, the rich man's , Iu.: praedā locuples, S.: frugibus annus, H.: urbs locupletissima.—As subst: agros locupletium plebi colendos dedit, the rich : proscriptiones locupletium, S.: locuples quae nupsit avaro, Iu.—Fig., well stored, provided, richly supplied, rich : domus: oratione: Latina lingua locupletior quam Graeca.— Responsible, trustworthy, trusty, safe, sure : reus, that can fulfill his engagement , L.: locupletissimi auctores: tabellarius.
Origins
Traditionally derived from locus (“place”) and pleō (“to fill”). However, Nussbaum (2016) rejects a connection to locus (“place”) for semantic reasons, namely that locus does not refer to possessed land in particular. He instead connects the element locu- with Indo-Iranian terms like Sanskrit राशि (rāśi, “quantity, heap, number”) and reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *loḱis as ancestral to the two, making a compound "abundance-filled" in Latin.
Descendants
- Englishlocuplete
In English words that came into English from locuplēs
- locupletelocuplēs