opulentia: Difference between revisions
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
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Latin > English (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 <number opt="n">plur.</number>: 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>
