enrich Copy link Outline 1. lŏcŭplēto, 12. dīto, 1 (somewhat rare)3. very often expr. by dīvĭtiae, arum, with a verb4. ŏpŭlento, 1 (rare)5. beo, 1 (prop. to make happy)6. ĭnauro, 1 (prop. to cover with gold)7. augeo, xi, ctum, 3 (to increase) • enrich: 1. lŏcŭplēto, 1: to e. people with fortunes, homines fortunis l., Cic.: to e. a temple with paintings, templum picturis l., Cic. The comp. collocupleto also occurs: Ter.: Auct. Her. 2. dīto, 1 (somewhat rare): the camp served to e. the troops, castra militem ditavere, Liv. 21, 60, fin.: to e. one's native tongue, sermonem patrium d., Hor. A. P. 57. 3. very often expr. by dīvĭtiae, arum, with a verb: aliquem divitiis augere, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69; divitiis ornare, Nep. Them. 2; divitiis explere (to satisfy with riches): v. to fill. 4. ŏpŭlento, 1 (rare): Hor. 5. beo, 1 (prop. to make happy): he will e. Latium with opulent diction, Latium beabit divite lingua, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121. 6. ĭnauro, 1 (prop. to cover with gold): cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 9. 7. augeo, xi, ctum, 3 (to increase): the air e.s (?) the earth with showers, aer terram a. imbribus, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101. Phr.: to e. oneself, by fair means or foul, recte, quocunque modo, rem facere, Hor.; divitias sibi parare: v. riches.
ENRICH Copy link • ENRICHlocupletare: ditare (PROP. and IMPROP.; ditare, in prose first in Liv.): locupletem facere: fortunis locupletare: divitiis ornare (PROP.). To enrich him to the full extent of his wishes, divitiis explere. To enrich one’s self, se collocupletare (Terent., Heaut., 3, 3, 17); rem suam or rem familiarem or facultates suas augere: to enrich one’s self by honorable means, bonis et honestis rationibus rem suam augere (opposed to inhoneste parare divitias): to take every means of enriching himself, rem familiarem omni ratione exaggerare; by usury, fenore pecunias auctitare (Tac.); by robbing others, aliorum spoliis suas facultates augere: to try to enrich one’s self, divitias quaerere: to seek to enrich one’s self by robbing others, manus afferre alienis bonis; manus porrigere in alienas possessiones. IMPROPR., To enrich a language, sermonem ditare (Hor.): the science has been enriched, disciplina increvit: to enrich a science, disciplinam excolere: to enrich a temple with paintings, templum picturis locupletare (Cic.).