divitiae

Latin

Etymology

From dīves (“rich”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯i.ti.ae̯/, [d̪iːˈu̯ɪt̪iäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈvit.t͡si.e/, [d̪iˈvit̪ː͡s̪ie]

Noun

dīvitiae f pl (genitive dīvitiārum); first declension

1. (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.

2. (plural only) a fortune

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis