TREASURE Copy link • TREASURE 1. s. thesaurus: copia (store of precious things; PROP. and figuratively): gaza (the same, but especially of royal treasure): opes, divitiae (wealth, riches). To amass treasure, opes, divitias colligere; thesaurum parare (Plaut.); opes cumulare (Curt.): to bury or hide a treasure, thesaurum defodere, obruere (Cic.), occultare (Liv.): to find a treasure, thesaurum fodere (Cic.), effodere (Petronius): public treasure, aerarium; thesaurus publicus (Cic.): that man is a treasure to me, mihi ille vir thesaurus est (Plin., Ep., 1, 22, 5): the treasures of talent and industry, copiae ingenii et acerrimi studii (Wolf). My treasure! deliciae meae! voluptas mea! amores mei! 2. v. (opes) cumulare: (opes, divitias) colligere (to amass riches): thesaurum occultare (to hide a treasure).