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ĭn-ŏpĭa , ae, f. inops,
I.want, lack, scarcity.
I. In gen.: “argenti,” Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 55: “summa rerum omnium,” Caes. B. G. 5, 2: “frumenti commeatusque,” id. ib. 3, 6: “frumenti,” Sall. J. 91, 1; cf.: “frumentaria,” Caes. B. G. 5, 24: “et amore pereo et inopia argentaria,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 66: “loci,” Liv. 1, 33, 6: “advocatorum,” Tac. A. 11, 7: “consilii,” Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2: “criminum,” id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48: “occasionis,” Suet. Cal. 56: “remedii,” Tac. A. 13, 57: “veri,” id. H. 1, 35 al.—
II. In partic., a want, esp. of necessaries, want, need, indigence, scarcity, fewness.
A. Lit.: opem ferre inopiae, i. e. to one in want, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 3: Quor (me) conducebas? Bal. Inopia; “alius non erat,” id. Ps. 3, 2, 9: “ne inopiam cives objectare possint tibi,” id. Trin. 3, 2, 27: “si propter inopiam in egestate estis,” Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88: “utrum propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata sit amicitia,” id. Lael. 8, 26; cf.: “amicitiam ex inopia atque egestate natam volunt,” id. ib. 9, 29; “so also with egestas,” id. Cat. 2, 11, 24: “in Rhodiorum inopia et fame summaque annonae caritate,” id. Off. 3, 12, 50: “inopiae subsidium,” Caes. B. C. 1, 48: “inopiam vitare,” id. ib. 3, 17: “ad pudendam inopiam delabi,” Tac. A. 2, 38: “inopiam alicui facere,” to bring one to want, id. H. 3, 48: “manuum mercede inopiam tolerare,” Sall. C. 38, 7: “multorum dierum inopia contrahere pestem,” Just. 2, 13, 12: “dispensatio inopiae,” of scanty supplies, Liv. 4, 12, 10.—
B. Transf.
1. Want, helplessness: “praesidio esse contra vim et gratiam solitudini atque inopiae,” to those who have no protectors, Cic. Quint. 1, 5: “in hac causa improbitatem et gratiam cum inopia et veritate contendere,” id. ib. 27, 84; id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20; id. Clu. 20, 57: “judicum,” worthlessness, id. Att. 1, 16, 2: “ingenti cum difficultate itinerum locorumque inopia,” and the want of necessaries in these regions, Vell. 2, 54, 3; Sen. ad Helv. 12.—
2. Of a speaker: “inopia et jejunitas,” poverty of ideas, Cic. Brut. 55, 202.—
3. Of the want of fruition: “incendere animum cupidum alicujus inopiā,” Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 126.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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