divitia

Latin

Etymology

From dīves (“rich”).

Noun

dīvitia f (genitive dīvitiae); first declension

  1. wealth, riches
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.6:
      Quis sit dīvitiārum modus quaeris? Prīmus habēre quod necesse est, proximus quod sat est.
      You ask what is the measure of wealth? First, to have what is necessary; second, to have what is enough.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dīvitia dīvitiae
genitive dīvitiae dīvitiārum
dative dīvitiae dīvitiīs
accusative dīvitiam dīvitiās
ablative dīvitiā dīvitiīs
vocative dīvitia dīvitiae

References

  • “divitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • divitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be rich, wealthy: divitiis, copiis abundare
    • to be very rich: opibus, divitiis, bonis, facultatibus abundare
  • “divitia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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