RICH Copy link • RICHPROP., dives (possessing much money, = pecuniosus; opposed to pauper): locuples (far above want; opposed to egens, egenus): fortunatus (in good circumstances; less than dives): opulentus (wealthy, and thence possessing influence): copiosus (possessing the necessaries of life in abundance; opposed to tenuis, exllis): beatus (possessing abundance of earthly goods; opposed to mendicus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) locuples et copiosus: opulentus et copiosus; locuples et refertus. When there is an especial reference to money, pecuniosus: bene nummatus: argento copiosus (Cic.): nummis dives (Hor.): pecuniae opulentus (Tac.). Very rich, praedives (Liv.); perdives, magnis opibus praeditus (Cic.): to be very rich, divitiis diffluere, affluere, abundare; omnibus rebus ornatum et copiosum esse; amplissimam possidere pecuniam; opibus maxime florere; magnas opes habere; maximis esse fortunis; omni rerum abundantia circumfluere: to make rich, locupletare (Cic.); ditare (Liv.; but chiefly in the poets); opibus, divitiis augere, ornare aliquem; divitem, opulentum facere aliquem (Cic.); pecunia augere aliquem (Tac.): to become rich, divitem fieri (Cic.): ditescere (Hor., Sat.); ditari, locupletari (Cic.); ad divitias pervenire; opes nancisci (Liv.); augeri, crescere opibus, divitiis, pecuniis, fortunis (after Cic.). Figuratively, (1) Having abundance of anything, copiosus: largus: uber: locuples. (2) Abundant, copiosus: largus: plenus: opimus. Rich presents, munera locupletia, magna (Nep.); ampla (Caes.). Costly, dives: pretiosus: A rich cloth, pannus auro, argento dives, pretiosus.