Copia
From TTT
Latin-English
cōpĭ|a, -ae. (ˈko.pi.a) fem.
- Resources; abundance.
- military, usually plural | Troops.
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. |
