opimus

Latin

Etymology

From ob- and a root from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). Compare with pīnguis and Ancient Greek πίων (píōn, “fat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈpiː.mus/, [ɔˈpiːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈpi.mus/, [oˈpiːmus]

Adjective

opīmus (feminine opīma, neuter opīmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fat, rich, plump, corpulent (person)
2. fertile, fruitful (land)

   Synonyms: fecundus, fertilis, frūgifer, ūber, dītis, dīves

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	opīmus	opīma	opīmum		opīmī	opīmae	opīma
genitive	opīmī	opīmae	opīmī		opīmōrum	opīmārum	opīmōrum
dative	opīmō	opīmae	opīmō		opīmīs
accusative	opīmum	opīmam	opīmum		opīmōs	opīmās	opīma
ablative	opīmō	opīmā	opīmō		opīmīs
vocative	opīme	opīma	opīmum		opīmī	opīmae	opīma

Derived terms

• spolia opīma

Descendants

• → English: opime
• Italian: opimo

References

• “opimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “opimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.