ŏpīmus, a, um, adj. [ob, and obsolete pimo, to swell, make fat; akin to Gr. πίων, πιμελή; cf. pinguis], fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.
I Lit.: regio opima et fertilis, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: campus, Liv. 31, 41: arva, Verg. A. 2, 782: Larissa, Hor. C. 1, 7, 11: vitis, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.—Of living beings: boves, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100: victima, Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49: habitus corporis, Cic. Brut. 16, 64: stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis, of fat cattle , Val. Fl. 6, 613.— Comp. : membra opimiora, Gell. 5, 14, 25.— Sup. : boves septem opimissimos, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.—
II Trop.
A Enriched , rich : opimus praedā, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132: accusatio, enriching , gainful , id. Fl. 33, 81: alterius macrescit rebus opimis, i. e. prosperity , Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57: cadavera, from which their spoilers enrich themselves , Val. Fl. 3, 143: opus opimum casibus, rich in events , Tac. H. 1, 2.—
B In gen., rich , abundant , copious , sumptuous , noble , splendid : dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18: divitiae, id. Capt. 2, 2, 31: opima praeclaraque praeda, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: dapes, Verg. A. 3, 224: quaestus, Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142: palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181: animam exhalare opimam, victorious , Juv. 10, 281. —So esp.: opima spolia, the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general , the spoils of honor , Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.: aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur, Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat , Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.: opimum belli decus, honorable , high , noble , Curt. 7, 4, 40: triumphus, Hor. C. 4, 4, 51: gloria, Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin. —As subst.: ŏpīma , ōrum, n., honorable spoils , Plin. Pan. 17.—
C In rhet., gross , overloaded : opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus, Cic. Or. 8, 25: Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur, Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē , richly , sumptuously , splendidly (ante-class.): instructa domus opime atque opipare, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.