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• rich:

I. Wealthy, well stocked or provided:

1. dīves, ĭtis (the most gen. term: no neut. pl. nom. or acc.: usually divite in abl. sing.: also in the form dis, neut. dite, gen. dītis, which is mostly poet. and does not occur in Cic.: the abl. is always diti: the comp. and superl. of both forms are in use: constr. poet. with the abl. or gen.): to become r. after being very poor, ex pauperrimo d. fieri, Cic. Vatin. 12, 29: the r. families of the nobility, dites familiae nobilium, Tac. A. 3, 55: the poor are no sadder than the r., pauperes nihilo tristiores divitibus, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 1: r. in lands, d. agris, Hor. S. 1, 2, 13: r. in horses, d. equûm, Virg. Aen. 9, 26.
2. perdives, ĭtis (very r.): Cic. Verr. 4, 26, 59.
3. praedĭves, ĭtis (very r.): Liv. 45, 40; Ov.
4. lŏcŭples, ētis (well off; constr. with abl.): very r. cities, locupletissimae urbes, Caes. B. C. 3, 31: r. with spoil, praeda l., Sall. Jug. 84: the Latin language is richer than the Greek, Latina lingua locupletior est quam Graeca, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10. Join: copiosus et l., id. Div. in Caecil. 17. 55; l. et refertus (applied to things), id. de Or. 1, 35, 161.
5. ŏpŭlentus, or less freq. opulens, ntis (having plentiful resources, constr. with abl. or gen.): a r. and well-stocked town, oppidum plenum et o., Caes. B. C. 3, 80: very r. mines, opulentissima metalla, Sen. Ep. 23, 4: a province r. in money, provincia pecuniae o., Tac. H. 2, 6: Cic.
6. cōpiōsus (having an abundance: used of both persons and things: the form cōpis occurs in Pl.: constr. with abl., with or without ab, or abs.): a r. city, c. urbs, Cic. Arch. 3, 4: a r. patrimony, c. patrimonium, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: r. in corn, c. a frumento, id. Att. 5, 18, ad med. Join: c. et dives, id. Par. 6, ad fin.
7. pĕcūniōsus (moneyed): a very r. man, homo pecuniosissimus, Cic. Verr. 5, 9, 24: a r., purse-proud fellow, ostentator p., Auct. Her. 4, 50 (al. pecuniae). Join: locuples et p., Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44.
8. nūmātus (nummātus: syn. of preced.: usually with bene): a man not less r., homo non minus bene n., Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 59: Hor.
9. beātus (prop. happy; in good circumstances): a man not over r., homo non beatissimus, Nep. Ages. 8, 2: r. treasures, b. gazae, Hor. Od. 1, 29, 2. Join: opulentus et b., Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81.
10. fortūnātus (syn. of preced.): r. and influential, f. et potens, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69: r. and splendid Athens, Athenae f. atque opiparae, Pl. Pers. 4, 4, 1.
11. lautus, (splendid): a r. state, civitas l., Cic. Fam. 13, 32. Join: l. et copiosum, id. Rab. Post. 14, 38.
12. sătur, ŭra, ŭrum (very rare): a r. farmer, s. colonus, Tib. 2, 1, 23.
13. ăbundans, ntis (abounding in wealth): the furniture not of a luxurious but yet of a r. man, supellex non luxuriosi hominis sed tamen abundantis, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66: v. abundant, affluent. Phr.: a r. man, vir magnis opibus praeditus, Cic. Clu. 55, 153: Curt.: opibus et copiis affluens, Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82: richer, pecuniis superior, id. Rep. 2, 34: a very r. nation, gens divitiis praepollens, Liv. 1, 57, ad init.: to be richer than Crassus (prov.), superare Crassum divitiis, id. Att. 1, 4, extr.: a r. man, Croesus (opp. to Irus = a poor man), Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42.

II. Costly, sumptuous:

1. dīves, ītis (see above): the r. bough, d. ramus, Virg. Aen. 6, 195: r. banquets, dites epulae, Stat. Th. 5, 187. Join: opulenta et ditia, Liv. 21, 43.
2. ŏpŭlentus, and less freq. ŏpŭlens, ntis: a r. palace, o. regia, Catul. 64, 43: very r. offerings, opulentissima dona, Suet. Aug. 30.
3. ŏpīmus: a r. and excellent spoil, o. et praeclara praeda, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: a r. reward, o. merces, Liv. 21, 43: r. feasts, o. dapes, Virg. Aen. 3, 224.
4. prĕtiōsus: v. costly, splendid. Phr.: take away the r. ornaments, demite divitias, Ov. F. 4, 136.

III. Fertile, luxuriant, excellent of its kind:

1. dīves, ītis (see above: less freq. in this sense than the foll.): a r. field, d. ager, Virg. Aen. 7, 262. Fig.: thence arose the freer and richer dithyramb, inde ille licentior et divitior fluxit dithyrambus, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185: richer in good examples, bonis exemplis ditior, Liv. praef., ad fin.: without a r. vein (of talent), sine divite vena, Hor. A. P. 409.
2. ūber, ĕris (teeming, plentiful): a r. harvest, u. messis, Pl. Rud. 3, 2, 23: a r. soil, u. solum, Tac. H. 5, 6. Fig.: no richer topic, nullus uberior locus, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5: a richer crop of orators, uberior oratorum fetus, id. Brut. 49, 182.
3. ŏpīmus: a r. and fertile region, regio o. et fertilis, Cic. Manil. 6, 14: to look down upon a r. landscape, *regionem opimam oculis subjectam videre (after Liv. 25, 24).
4. ŏpŭlentus (rare): surveying the r. fields, contemplatus o. arva, Liv. 9, 36, ad fin.
5. fĕrax, ācis (fruitful): very r. districts, feracissimi agri, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: Cic. Fig.: no period was richer in instances of virtue than that, illa aetate nulla feracior virtutum fuit, Liv. 9, 16: v. fertile.
6. cōpiōsus (abundant; applied to style): a r. and varied discourse, multa et varia et c. oratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 214.
7. pinguis (fat, thick): r. manure, p. fimus, Virg. G. 1, 80: r. wine, p. merum, Hor. S. 2, 4, 65: a battle-field r. with blood, sanguine p. campus, id. Od. 2, 1, 29: a r. table, p. mensa, Catul. 62, 3: Col.: v. fat.
8. unctus (prop. anointed; hence r., highly flavoured): when any daintier or richer morsel is to be had, ubi quid melius contingit et unctius, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44: a r. feast, unctum (subs.), id. A. P. 422: Fig.: r. patrimonies, u. patrimonia, Catul. 29, 23: a richer and more brilliant style of eloquence, unctior splendidiorque consuetudo loquendi, Cic. Brut. 20, 78.
9. sătur, ŭra, ŭrum (full, deep: esp. of colour: the comp. saturatior is used by Plin. 21, 8, 22): a r. colour, s. color, Plin. 37, 10, 61: r. Tarentum, s. Tarentum, Virg. G. 2, 197. Fig.: to deliver r. passages meagrely, satura jejune dicere, Cic. Or. 36, 123. Phr.: to play a r. practical joke, facinus facere lepidum et festivum, Pl. Poen. 1, 2, 95: r. harmony, perh. *perfectus sonorum concentus.

• RICH

PROP., 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.

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