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(adj.adv.) : ŏpīmus, a, um, adj.ob, and obsolete pimo, to swell, make fat; akin to Gr. πίων, πιμελή; cf. pinguis
* Fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.
* Lit.: regio opima et fertilis,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: campus,Liv. 31, 41: arva,Verg. A. 2, 782: Larissa,Hor. C. 1, 7, 11: vitis,Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.—Of living beings: boves,Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100: victima,Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49: habitus corporis,Cic. Brut. 16, 64: stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis,of fat cattle,Val. Fl. 6, 613.—Comp.: membra opimiora,Gell. 5, 14, 25.—Sup.: boves septem opimissimos,Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.
* Trop.
* Enriched, rich: opimus praedā,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132: accusatio,enriching, gainful,id. Fl. 33, 81: alterius macrescit rebus opimis,i. e. prosperity,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57: cadavera,from which their spoilers enrich themselves,Val. Fl. 3, 143: opus opimum casibus,rich in events,Tac. H. 1, 2.
* In gen., rich, abundant, copious, sumptuous, noble, splendid: dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18: divitiae,id. Capt. 2, 2, 31: opima praeclaraque praeda,Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: dapes,Verg. A. 3, 224: quaestus,Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142: palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181: animam exhalare opimam,victorious,Juv. 10, 281. —So esp.: opima spolia,the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general, the spoils of honor,Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.: aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.: opimum belli decus,honorable, high, noble,Curt. 7, 4, 40: triumphus,Hor. C. 4, 4, 51: gloria,Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin.—As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.
* In rhet., gross, overloaded: opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus,Cic. Or. 8, 25: Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur,Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.): instructa domus opime atque opipare,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.
* Fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.
* Lit.: regio opima et fertilis,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: campus,Liv. 31, 41: arva,Verg. A. 2, 782: Larissa,Hor. C. 1, 7, 11: vitis,Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.—Of living beings: boves,Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100: victima,Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49: habitus corporis,Cic. Brut. 16, 64: stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis,of fat cattle,Val. Fl. 6, 613.—Comp.: membra opimiora,Gell. 5, 14, 25.—Sup.: boves septem opimissimos,Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.
* Trop.
* Enriched, rich: opimus praedā,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132: accusatio,enriching, gainful,id. Fl. 33, 81: alterius macrescit rebus opimis,i. e. prosperity,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57: cadavera,from which their spoilers enrich themselves,Val. Fl. 3, 143: opus opimum casibus,rich in events,Tac. H. 1, 2.
* In gen., rich, abundant, copious, sumptuous, noble, splendid: dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18: divitiae,id. Capt. 2, 2, 31: opima praeclaraque praeda,Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: dapes,Verg. A. 3, 224: quaestus,Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142: palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181: animam exhalare opimam,victorious,Juv. 10, 281. —So esp.: opima spolia,the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general, the spoils of honor,Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.: aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.: opimum belli decus,honorable, high, noble,Curt. 7, 4, 40: triumphus,Hor. C. 4, 4, 51: gloria,Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin.—As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.
* In rhet., gross, overloaded: opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus,Cic. Or. 8, 25: Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur,Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.): instructa domus opime atque opipare,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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