opimus

Latin

Etymology

From ob- and a root from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). Compare with pīnguis and Ancient Greek πίων (píōn, “fat”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

opīmus (feminine opīma, neuter opīmum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. fat, rich, plump, corpulent (person)
  2. fertile, fruitful (land)
    Synonyms: fecundus, fertilis, frūgifer, ūber, dītis, dīves

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative opīmus opīma opīmum opīmī opīmae opīma
Genitive opīmī opīmae opīmī opīmōrum opīmārum opīmōrum
Dative opīmō opīmō opīmīs
Accusative opīmum opīmam opīmum opīmōs opīmās opīma
Ablative opīmō opīmā opīmō opīmīs
Vocative opīme opīma opīmum opīmī opīmae opīma

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: opime
  • Italian: opimo

References
  • “opimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “opimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • opimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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