Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 442.cōpia on page 442
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cōpia abundance
cōpia is a Latin Noun that primarily means abundance.
Definitions for cōpia
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
abundance, supply
English derivatives:
copious copy cornucopia
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(w. gen.) A plentiful supply, abundance, large quantity (of some specified object). (b) (absol.) abundance, plenty (as opposed to want); (also personified or as a goddess). (c) profuseness of language, copiousness (cf. 6).
- 2
(in neutral sense) Number amount, quantity; (pregn.) the whole amount, the sum.
- 3
A body of men, band, troop (usu. in mil. context); (pl.) forces, troops.
Sentences with cōpia
Latin to English
Cōpiamne librōrum bonōrum habētis?Compare Do you (pl.) have an abundance of good books?
Magnam cōpiam librōrum faciam.Compare I shall make a great supply of books.
Virī bonī cōpiā hōrum frūctuum numquam carēbunt.Compare Good men will never lack an abundance of these fruits.
Magna cōpia pecūniae hominēs ad sapientiam nōn dūcit.Compare A great abundance of money does not lead men to wisdom.
Declension table for cōpia
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | cōpia | cōpiae |
| Gen. | cōpiae | cōpiārum |
| Dat. | cōpiae | cōpiīs |
| Acc. | cōpiam | cōpiās |
| Abl. | cōpiā | cōpiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 51.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 442.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cōpia, cōpiae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/copia-copiae.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 51.cōpia, cōpiae on page 51
