opulentus
Meaning
- adjectivewealthy; rich
- adjectiveopulent
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dīves, abundānsdīves, cōpiōsusChoosing 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 | opulentus | opulenta | opulentum |
| genitive | opulentī | opulentae | opulentī |
| dative | opulentō | opulentae | opulentō |
| accusative | opulentum opulentem | opulentam opulentem | opulentum |
| ablative | opulentō | opulentā | opulentō |
| vocative | opulente | opulenta | opulentum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | opulentī opulentēs | opulentae opulentēs | opulenta opulentia |
| genitive | opulentōrum opulentium | opulentārum opulentium | opulentōrum opulentium |
| dative | opulentīs opulentibus | opulentīs opulentibus | opulentīs opulentibus |
| accusative | opulentōs opulentēs | opulentās opulentēs | opulenta opulentia |
| ablative | opulentīs opulentibus | opulentīs opulentibus | opulentīs opulentibus |
| vocative | opulentī opulentēs | opulentae opulentēs | opulenta opulentia |
opp. inops, Cic. Lael. 13, 46; id. Off. 2, 20, 70; class.). opulentissima civitas, Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81: opulentae matronae, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6 (Trag. v. 294 Vahl.); for which: opulens matrona, App. M. 10, p. 248, 11.— .opulentus auro adulescens, rich in gold, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 117: pars Numidiae agro virisque opulentior, Sall. J. 16, 5; cf.: gens opulentissima viris armisque, Liv. 1, 30, 4: exercitus victor opulentusque praedā, id. 4, 34, 4: templum donis opulentum, Verg. A. 1, 447.—copia Ruris honorum opulenta, Hor. C. 1, 17, 16: provincia pecuniae opulenta, Tac. H. 2, 6 fin.—opulentum opsonium, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64: opulentissima dona, Suet. Aug. 30: oratio, Gell. 7, 3, 54: opulentissimus liber, id. 14, 6 fin.: opulenta requies, Vulg Isa. 32, 18.—reges, Sall. C. 53, 3: opulentior factio, Liv. 32, 32.—Hence, adv.: ŏpŭlentē and ŏpŭlenter, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.): neque illos arte colam, me opulenter, Sall. J. 85, 34: opulente ornata domus, App. Mag. p. 333, 11.—Comp.: ludos opulentius instructiusque facere, Liv. 1, 35, 7: epulari, Inst, 3, 3, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opis Latin ops Latin -ulentus Latin opulentus From ops (“wealth; resources”) + -ulentus (“full of; abounding in”).
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