affluentia
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
Latin > English
affluentia affluentiae N F :: flow (of a liquid); abundance, profusion, extravagance, opulence, riotousness
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
afflŭentĭa: (adf-), ae, f. affluo,
I a flowing to, Plin. 26, 10, 61, § 94.—Trop., affluence, abundance, copiousness, fulness, profusion: ex hac copiā atque rerum omnium adfluentiā, * Cic. Agr. 2, 35: annonae, Plin. Pan. 29.—Hence also, immoderate pomp or splendor in the management of one's household, extravagance (opp. mundities): munditiem, non adfluentiam affectabat, Nep. Att. 13, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
affluentia (adfluentia), ae, f. (affluens), I) der Zufluß, Andrang, geniturae, Plin. 26, 94. – II) übtr., der reichliche Zufluß = die Fülle, der Überfluß, omnium rerum, Cic.: rerum (Ggstz. angustia), Augustin.: annonae, Plin.: deliciarum, Schol. Iuven.: munditiam, non affluentiam affectabat, Nettigkeit, nicht Überladung, Nep.: nimii flores et ingenii affluentia, übersprudelnder Witz, Quint.