1. ŏpīmus — Lewis & Short
ŏpīmus, a, um, adj.ob, and obsolete pimo, to swell, make fat; akin to Gr. pi/wn, pimelh/; cf. pinguis,
I fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.
I Lit.:
regio opima et fertilis,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:
campus,Liv. 31, 41:
arva,Verg. A. 2, 782:
Larissa,Hor. C. 1, 7, 11:
vitis,Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.—Of living beings:
boves,Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100:
victima,Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49:
habitus corporis,Cic. Brut. 16, 64:
stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis,of fat cattle, Val. Fl. 6, 613.—Comp.:
membra opimiora,Gell. 5, 14, 25.—Sup.:
boves septem opimissimos,Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.—
II Trop.
A Enriched, rich:
opimus praedā,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132:
accusatio,enriching, gainful, id. Fl. 33, 81:
alterius macrescit rebus opimis,i. e. prosperity, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57:
cadavera,from which their spoilers enrich themselves, Val. Fl. 3, 143:
opus opimum casibus,rich in events, Tac. H. 1, 2.—
B In gen., rich, abundant, copious, sumptuous, noble, splendid: dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18:
divitiae,id. Capt. 2, 2, 31:
opima praeclaraque praeda,Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:
dapes,Verg. A. 3, 224:
quaestus,Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142:
palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181:
animam exhalare opimam,victorious, Juv. 10, 281. —So esp.:
opima spolia,the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general, the spoils of honor, Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.:
aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.:
opimum belli decus,honorable, high, noble, Curt. 7, 4, 40:
triumphus,Hor. C. 4, 4, 51:
gloria,Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin.—As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.—
C In rhet., gross, overloaded:
opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus,Cic. Or. 8, 25:
Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur,Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.):
instructa domus opime atque opipare,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.