divitiae
Latin
Etymology
From dīves (“rich”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈu̯i.ti.ae̯/, [d̪iːˈu̯ɪt̪iäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈvit.t͡si.e/, [d̪iˈvit̪ː͡s̪ie]
Noun
dīvitiae f pl (genitive dīvitiārum); first declension
- (plural only) riches, wealth, affluence
- Synonyms: opulentia, affluentia
- Antonyms: pauperiēs, paupertās, indigentia, pēnūria, miseria, angustia, inopia, dēsīderium, necessitās
- 524 CE, Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 3.2p:
- aliī summum bonum esse nihilō indigēre crēdentēs ut dīvitiīs affluant ēlabōrant.
- Some, thinking that the greatest good is to lack nothing, belabour to abound in riches.
- aliī summum bonum esse nihilō indigēre crēdentēs ut dīvitiīs affluant ēlabōrant.
- (plural only) a fortune
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | dīvitiae |
| Genitive | dīvitiārum |
| Dative | dīvitiīs |
| Accusative | dīvitiās |
| Ablative | dīvitiīs |
| Vocative | dīvitiae |
References
- “divitiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “divitiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- divitiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis
- a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis
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