LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

opulentia

opulentia f (genitive opulentiae)

Meaning

  1. femininewealth; opulence

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeopulentiaopulentiae
genitiveopulentiaeopulentiārum
dativeopulentiaeopulentiīs
accusativeopulentiamopulentiās
ablativeopulentiāopulentiīs
vocativeopulentiaopulentiae

ŏpŭlentĭa, ae, f. opulens,
I. riches, wealth, opulence (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. Lit.: habemus publice egestatem, privatim opulentiam, Sall. C. 52, 22: opulentia neglegentiam tolerabat, id. ib. 52. 9: Trojae opulentia, Verg. A. 7, 262: metallorum, Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 207.—In plur.: deos decent opulentiae et factiones, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 89; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 17: copiis atque opulentiis anteire, Gell. 20, 5, 8.—
B. Transf., like opes, resources, power, of a people: invidia ex opulentiā orta est, Sall. C. 6, 3; Nep. Cim. 2, 5: Lydorum, Tac. A. 4, 55.—
II. Trop., richness, etc.: linguae, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 21

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opis Latin ops Latin -ulentus Latin opulentus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin opulentia From opulentus + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanopulència
  • Frenchopulence
  • Englishopulencefrom French opulence
  • Italianopulenza
  • Occitanopuléncia
  • Portugueseopulência
  • Romanianopulență
  • Spanishopulencia
  • Galicianopulencia
  • Sicilianapulenza

In English words that came into English from opulentia

  • opulenceopulentia

Quick answers

What does opulentia mean in Latin?
opulentia, a noun, means “wealth; opulence”.
What is the genitive of opulentia?
The genitive singular is opulentiae. opulentia is feminine, first declension.