treasure (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Store of wealth, etc.1. thēsaurus (anything stored up, a hoard, treasure)2. gāza (royal treasure, esp. of eastern kings3. ŏpes, um, f.II. An abundant supply of anythingIII. Fig. • treasure (subs.): I. Store of wealth, etc.: 1. thēsaurus (anything stored up, a hoard, treasure): to bury a t. (to hide it), th. obruere, Cic. Sen. 7, 21: to dig up (find) a t., th. effodere, Pl. Trin. 3, 3, 54. See also store-house, treasury. 2. gāza (royal treasure, esp. of eastern kings: said to be a Persian word): gold and royal t., aurum g.que regia, Cic. Man. 23, 66: Suet.: Virg. Rarely pl., gazae, arum: Lucr.: Hor. 3. ŏpes, um, f.: v. riches. II. An abundant supply of anything: cōpia: v. supply, store. III. Fig.: something very precious: ămōres, dēlĭciae: cf. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79 (amores ac deliciae tuae Roscius): v. delight, darling.
treasure (v.) Copy link Outline I. To collectII. To store up against the future • treasure (v.): I. To collect: collĭgo, coăcervo: v. to collect, accumulate. II. To store up against the future: rĕcondo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: v. to store up. (Thesaurizo, 1: late.)
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).