opulentia Latin · revision 32305

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ops}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''opulentia''' ''f'' (genitive opulentiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|opulentus|-ia|t1=wealthy]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists [[m|la|opulentus]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|ops|t=power, resources]], from [[itc-pro|*opi-]], and mentions Livingston's view that adjectives in ⟨-ulentus⟩ arose by dissimilation from an older suffix [[itc-pro|*-owent-o-]].^(de Vaan 2008) For [[m|la|ops]] he compares [[hit|happina-|t=rich]] and [[sa|अप्नस्|tr=ápnas-|t=possession, property]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and the TLL find it first in Plautus, who uses the plural in the ''Trinummus''.^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means riches or affluence: Sallust sets public poverty against private wealth, and Cicero speaks of a tyrant's deed done by force and wealth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy uses it of the splendour of an army's equipment, and Virgil of the wealth of Troy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short say it is not in Cicero or Caesar,^(Lewis & Short 1879) though the OLD cites Cicero's early ''De inventione''.^(OLD 2012) In Church Latin it keeps the senses of opulence, riches and power.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses the plural.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of private wealth set against public need.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of the sumptuous arms of an army.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1500 – English [[m|en|opulence]] is borrowed through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|riches|alt=Riches]], [[m|en|wealth]], affluence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Sumptuousness, [[m|en|opulence]], splendour; of style, richness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Resources, power.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}