substantĭa (noun F) : substo
* That of which a thing consists, the being, essence, contents, material, substance (post - Aug.): hominis,Quint. 7, 2, 5: rerum,id. 2, 21, 1: placidae et altae mentis,id. 6, prooem. § 7: rhetorices,id. 2, 15, 34: de substantiā aut de qualitate,id. 3, 6, 38: singula animalia singulas habere debent substantias,Sen. Ep. 113, 4: esse diversae substantiae,Front. Strat. 4 praef.: earum rerum pretium non in substantiā, sed in arte positum est,in the material,Dig. 50, 16, 14: delebo omnem substantiam, every thing that exists, Vulg. Gen. 7, 4.
* Esp., fortune, substance, property: sine substantiā facultatum,without store of riches, without fortune,Tac. Or. 8: substantia omnis paternorum bonorum,Aur. Vict. Or. 19: rei familiaris,Paul. Sent. 2, 29; Dig. 36, 1, 16 al.—Also absol., worldly goods, Vulg. Gen. 36, 6; id. 1 Esd. 1, 6.