Copia

Latin-English

cōpĭ|a, -ae. (ˈko.pi.a) fem.

1. Resources; abundance.
2. military, usually plural | Troops.

[cum + ops.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Pro Murena 22:

Ille tenet et scit ut hostium copiae, tu ut aquae pluviae arceantur.

He holds his ground and knows how to ward off enemy troops like you ward off rainwater.

• βʹ Cicero, De Officiis 1.3:

aut anquirunt aut consultant ad vitae commoditatem iucunditatemque, ad facultates rerum atque copias, ad opes, ad potentiam, quibus et se possint iuvare et suos

They look for or consider happiness and the comforts of life, resources and means, power, and influence, by which they can help both themselves and their friends.