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The corpus record — Latin

opulentia

opulentia · f

riches

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ŏpŭlentĭa — Lewis & Short

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

In the wild

6 of 68 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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