opimus
Latin
Etymology
From ob- and obsolete *pīmus (“fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). Cf. with Latin pīnguis and Ancient Greek πίων (píōn, “fat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈpiː.mus/, [ɔˈpiː.mʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈpi.mus/, [oˈpiː.mus]
Adjective
opīmus (feminine opīma, neuter opīmum); first/second declension
- fat, rich, plump, corpulent (person)
- fertile, fruitful (land)
Declension
First/second declension.
| 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 | opīmae | opīmō | opīmīs | opīmīs | opīmīs | |
| Accusative | opīmum | opīmam | opīmum | opīmōs | opīmās | opīma | |
| Ablative | opīmō | opīmā | opīmō | opīmīs | opīmīs | opīmīs | |
| Vocative | opīme | opīma | opīmum | opīmī | opīmae | opīma | |
Descendants
- 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