Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rich; fat; abundant; eminent.

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Examples

  • Bacchides non Bacchides, sed bacchae sunt acerrumae. apage istas a me sorores, quae hominum sorbent sanguinem. omnis ad perniciem instructa domus opime atque opipare -- quae ut aspexi, me continuo contuli protinam in pedes.

    Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

  • His armor of pure and massy gold, the shield of one hundred and twenty plates, the sword and belt, the saddle and cuirass, adorned the triumph of Heraclius; and if he had not been faithful to Christ and his mother, the champion of Rome might have offered the fourth opime spoils to the Jupiter of the Capitol.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • His armor of pure and massy gold, the shield of one hundred and twenty plates, the sword and belt, the saddle and cuirass, adorned the triumph of Heraclius; and if he had not been faithful to Christ and his mother, the champion of Rome might have offered the fourth _opime_ spoils to the Jupiter of the Capitol.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • His armor of pure and massy gold, the shield of one hundred and twenty plates, the sword and belt, the saddle and cuirass, adorned the triumph of Heraclius; and if he had not been faithful to Christ and his mother, the champion of Rome might have offered the fourth opime spoils to the Jupiter of the Capitol.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Dacier) could justify his liberality in granting the opime spoils even to a common soldier who had slain the king or general of the enemy, the honor would have been much more cheap and common] [Footnote 1031: Macdonald Kinneir places Dastagerd at Kasr e Shirin, the palace of Sira on the banks of the Diala between Holwan and Kanabee.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • Dacier) could justify his liberality in granting the opime spoils even to a common soldier who had slain the king or general of the enemy, the honor would have been much more cheap and common] * Macdonald Kinneir places

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

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  • opime = rich, abundant; sumptuous, splendid (OED).

    November 27, 2016