riches Copy link Outline 1. dīvĭtiae, ārum (no sing.2. ŏpes, um, f. pl. (property, resources3. fortūna (gen. in pl.4. făcultātes, um, f. pl. (goods, property, means)5. cōpia (plenty6. ŏpŭlentia7. pĕcūnia (money, capital)8. gaza (prop. the royal treasure; a Persian word) • riches: 1. dīvĭtiae, ārum (no sing.: the most usual word): r. are sought after in order to enjoy pleasure, expetuntur d. ad perfruendas voluptates, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 25: to heap up r., d. in altum exstruere, Hor. Od. 2, 3, 19: congerere, Tib. 1, 1, 1. Fig.: who can doubt that there are r. in virtue? quis dubitet quin in virtute d. sint? Cic. Par. 6, 2, ad fin.: the r. and graces of his talents, d. atque ornamenta ejus ingenii, id. de Or. 1, 35, 161. 2. ŏpes, um, f. pl. (property, resources: very rare in sing. as in Virg. Aen. 8, 685: both lit. and fig.): poor amidst great r., magnas inter opes inops, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 28: abounding in r. and wealth, opibus et copiis affluens, Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82. 3. fortūna (gen. in pl.: r. as one's lot or inheritance): to enjoy one's r., fortunis frui, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 2; Hor.: to increase in favour and r., gratia fortunaque crescere, Nep. Att. 21, 1. 4. făcultātes, um, f. pl. (goods, property, means): lest our generosity exceed our r., ne major benignitas sit quam f., Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42. 5. cōpia (plenty: usu. in pl.): in the midst of r. old age is wearisome, senectus in summa c. gravis, Cic. Sen. 3, 8: v. abundance. 6. ŏpŭlentia: v. opulence. 7. pĕcūnia (money, capital): to accumulate r., p. facere, Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: those things constitute their r., ea illis p. est, Liv. 29, 31. 8. gaza (prop. the royal treasure; a Persian word): the r. of a king, g. regia, Cic. Manil. 23, 66: Hor.: Virg.