copis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cōpis (acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll. N. cr., more prob. than cops, assumed by Prisc. p. 752 P. The nominative in neither form is found in use), is, adj. [contr. from coops; cf. inops] (ante-class. for the class. copiosus),

abundantly supplied with something, abounding in, rich : ut amantem erilem copem facerem filium, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 117: aliquem copem causarum facere, Turp. ap. Non. p. 84, 22 (Com. Rel. v. 61 Rib.); Pac. ib. (Trag. Rel. v. 307 id.): copi pectore, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 8.

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