inopia

Latin > English

inopia inopiae N F :: lack, need; poverty, destitution, dearth, want, scarcity

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ĭn-ŏpĭa: ae, f. inops,
I want, lack, scarcity.
I In gen.: argenti, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 55: summa rerum omnium, Caes. B. G. 5, 2: frumenti commeatusque, id. ib. 3, 6: frumenti, Sall. J. 91, 1; cf.: frumentaria, Caes. B. G. 5, 24: et amore pereo et inopia argentaria, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 66: loci, Liv. 1, 33, 6: advocatorum, Tac. A. 11, 7: consilii, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2: criminum, id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48: occasionis, Suet. Cal. 56: remedii, Tac. A. 13, 57: veri, id. H. 1, 35 al.—
II In partic., a want, esp. of necessaries, want, need, indigence, scarcity, fewness.
   A Lit.: opem ferre inopiae, i. e. to one in want, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 3: Quor (me) conducebas? Bal. Inopia; alius non erat, id. Ps. 3, 2, 9: ne inopiam cives objectare possint tibi, id. Trin. 3, 2, 27: si propter inopiam in egestate estis, Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88: utrum propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata sit amicitia, id. Lael. 8, 26; cf.: amicitiam ex inopia atque egestate natam volunt, id. ib. 9, 29; so also with egestas, id. Cat. 2, 11, 24: in Rhodiorum inopia et fame summaque annonae caritate, id. Off. 3, 12, 50: inopiae subsidium, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: inopiam vitare, id. ib. 3, 17: ad pudendam inopiam delabi, Tac. A. 2, 38: inopiam alicui facere, to bring one to want, id. H. 3, 48: manuum mercede inopiam tolerare, Sall. C. 38, 7: multorum dierum inopia contrahere pestem, Just. 2, 13, 12: dispensatio inopiae, of scanty supplies, Liv. 4, 12, 10.—
   B Transf.
   1    Want, helplessness: praesidio esse contra vim et gratiam solitudini atque inopiae, to those who have no protectors, Cic. Quint. 1, 5: in hac causa improbitatem et gratiam cum inopia et veritate contendere, id. ib. 27, 84; id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20; id. Clu. 20, 57: judicum, worthlessness, id. Att. 1, 16, 2: ingenti cum difficultate itinerum locorumque inopia, and the want of necessaries in these regions, Vell. 2, 54, 3; Sen. ad Helv. 12.—
   2    Of a speaker: inopia et jejunitas, poverty of ideas, Cic. Brut. 55, 202.—
   3    Of the want of fruition: incendere animum cupidum alicujus inopiā, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 126.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ĭnŏpĭa,⁸ æ, f. (inops),
1 manque, disette, défaut, privation, alicujus rei, de qqch. : Cæs. G. 3, 6, 4 ; 5, 2, 2 ; 5, 24, 6 ; Cic. Amer. 48 ; Att. 6, 3, 2
2 abs^t] absence de ressources, dénuement, disette, besoin, pénurie : Cic. Læl. 26 ; Cat. 2, 24 ; Off. 3, 50 || privation de secours, détresse, abandon : Cic. Quinct. 5 ; 84 ; Amer. 20 ; Clu. 57 || abstinence : Ter. Haut. 367 || [rhét.] sécheresse du style : Cic. Br. 202.

Latin > German (Georges)

inopia, ae, f. (inops), I) die Mittellosigkeit, der Mangel, die Armut, Not (Ggstz. copia), 1) absol.: a) eig., v. Mangel an zeitlichem Vermögen, Cic. u.a.: suis opibus aliorum inopiam levare, Nep.: inopiam tolerare mercede manuum, Sall.: ad pudendam inopiam delabi, an den Bettelstab kommen, Tac.: inopia aerarii, erschöpfter Staatsschatz, Liv.: Plur., divitias multae res faciunt, non multae inopiae (vervielfachter Mangel), Sen. ep. 87, 39. – b) an Lebensmitteln, Cic., Liv. u.a.: in Rhodiorum inopia et fame summāque annonae caritate, Cic.: inopia locorum, Vell. u.a. – c) an andern Dingen, inopiā (aus Not), Plaut. Pseud. 799: ut illum animum cupidum inopiā incenderet, durch Entbehrung (Entziehung des Liebesgenusses), Ter. heaut. 367. – d) übtr., v. der Gedankenleere des Redners, Cic. Brut. 202. – 2) relat. = der Mangel, die Armut an etwas, die geringe Zahl od. Menge (s. Fabri u. Weißenb. Liv. 23, 22), a) eig.: frumentaria, Caes. – od. mit Genet., argenti, Plaut.: frugum (Ggstz. copia frugum), Cic., Liv. u. Suet.: loci, an Platz, Liv.: omnium rerum u. bl. omnium, Liv.: bonorum (an Patrioten), Sall.: iuniorum, Liv.: liberorum capitum, Liv.: advocatorum, Tac. – b) übtr.: inopia veri, Tac.: sermonis, Wortkargheit in der Unterhaltung, Sen.: consilii, Ratlosigkeit, Cic. – II) die Hilflosigkeit, Ratlosigkeit, Cic. Quinct. 5 u. 84; Rosc. Am. 20; Clu. 57.

Latin > Chinese

inopia, ae. f. :: 貧。不給