opimo

Italian

FWOTD – 6 February 2017

Etymology

From Latin opīmus (“fat”, “rich”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpi.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: o‧pì‧mo

Adjective

opimo (feminine opima, masculine plural opimi, feminine plural opime) (literary)

1. fat
   • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 17”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 54; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

     Ci ungemo i corpi di quel grasso opimo
     che ritroviamo all’intestina intorno,
     e de l’orride pelli ci vestimo.

     We oil our bodies with that fat grease we find around the intestines, and we wear the horrendous skins.

   • mid 1560s [29–19 BCE], “Libro primo”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide, translation of Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines 346–347; republished as L’Eneide di Virgilio‎^[1], Florence: G. Barbera, 1892:

     Poscia d’un prato e seggio e mensa fattisi,
     Taciti prima sopra l’erba agiandosi,
     D’opima carne e di vin vecchio empiendosi,
     Quanto puon lietamente si ricreano.

     [original: Tum vīctū revocant vīrēs, fūsīque per herbam
     implentur veteris Bacchī pinguisque ferīnae.]

     Afterwards — with a lawn as both seat and refectory — silently setting themselves on the grass, filling up on fat meat, and old wine, they restore themselves as merrily as they can.

2. (by extension) fertile, rich (with fruits or animals)
   • 1810 [c. 8^th century BCE], “Libro XI”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 298–301; republished as Iliade di Omero‎^[2], 4^th edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:

     […] Ifidamante,
     D’Antenore figliuolo, un giovinetto
     D’altere forme e di gran cor, nudrito
     Nell’opima di greggi odrisia terra.

     [original: Ἰφιδάμας Ἀντηνορίδης ἠΰς τε μέγας τε
     ὃς τράφη ἐν Θρῄκῃ ἐριβώλακι μητέρι μήλων·]

     Iphidámas Antēnorídēs ēǘs te mégas te
     hòs tráphē en Thrḗikēi eribṓlaki mētéri mḗlōn;

     Iphidamas, son of Antenor, a young one with haughty attitude and great heart, nourished in the flock-rich Odrysian land.

3. (by extension) copious, rich

Synonyms

• (fat): grasso, pingue
• (fertile): fecondo, fertile, fruttifero, ubertoso
• (rich): copioso, ricco

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fat”): magro, scarno
• (antonym(s) of “fertile”): arido, improduttivo, infecondo, povero, sterile
• (antonym(s) of “rich”): magro, povero

Latin

Adjective

opīmō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of opīmus

References

• “opimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• opimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opīmus (“rich, fertile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpimo/ [oˈpi.mo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: o‧pi‧mo

Adjective

opimo (feminine opima, masculine plural opimos, feminine plural opimas)

1. rich, fertile, lush

   Synonyms: abundante, fértil

Further reading

• “opimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014