substantĭa, ae, f. [substo],
I that of which a thing consists , the being , essence , contents , material , substance (post - Aug.): hominis, Quint. 7, 2, 5: rerum, id. 2, 21, 1: placidae et altae mentis, id. 6, prooem. § 7: rhetorices, id. 2, 15, 34: de substantiā aut de qualitate, id. 3, 6, 38: singula animalia singulas habere debent substantias, Sen. Ep. 113, 4: esse diversae substantiae, Front. Strat. 4 praef.: earum rerum pretium non in substantiā, sed in arte positum est, in the material , Dig. 50, 16, 14: delebo omnem substantiam, every thing that exists , Vulg. Gen. 7, 4.—
II Esp., fortune , substance , property : sine substantiā facultatum, without store of riches , without fortune , Tac. Or. 8: substantia omnis paternorum bonorum, Aur. Vict. Or. 19: rei familiaris, Paul. Sent. 2, 29; Dig. 36, 1, 16 al.—Also absol. , worldly goods , Vulg. Gen. 36, 6; id. 1 Esd. 1, 6.