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inopia

inopia

Italian

Noun

inopia f (plural inopie)

  1. poverty

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈno.pi.a/, [ɪˈnɔ.pi.a]

Noun

inopia f (genitive inopiae); first declension

  1. want, lack, scarcity, need

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative inopia inopiae
genitive inopiae inopiārum
dative inopiae inopiīs
accusative inopiam inopiās
ablative inopiā inopiīs
vocative inopia inopiae

Adjective

inopia

  1. nominative neuter plural of inops
  2. accusative neuter plural of inops
  3. vocative neuter plural of inops

References

  • inopia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inopia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inopia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be reduced to (abject) poverty: ad egestatem, ad inopiam (summam omnium rerum) redigi
    • (ambiguous) to suffer from want of a thing: inopia alicuius rei laborare, premi
    • (ambiguous) richness of ideas: crebritas or copia (opp. inopia) sententiarum or simply copia
    • (ambiguous) poverty of expression: inopia verborum
    • (ambiguous) want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market: inopia (opp. copia) rei frumentariae

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inopia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈno̞pja̠/

Noun

inopia f (plural inopias)

  1. indigence, poverty

Synonyms