copia

See also: cópia, copiá, copià, and còpia

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Latin cōpia.

Noun

copia f (plural copies)

1. copy (result of copying; an identical duplication)

Related terms

• copiar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

copia

1. inflection of copiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kuˈpi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈpi.a]

Verb

copia

1. inflection of copiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.pja/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

copia

1. third-person singular past historic of copier

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpja/ [ˈkɔ.pjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔpja
• Hyphenation: co‧pia

Etymology 1

From Latin cōpia.

Alternative forms

• cópia (reintegrationist)

Noun

copia m (plural copias)

1. copy (result of copying; an identical duplication)

Derived terms

• copiar

Further reading

• “copia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “copia”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “copia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “copia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

copia

1. inflection of copiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of copiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pja/
• Rhymes: -ɔpja
• Hyphenation: cò‧pia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cōpia (“abundance”).

Noun

copia f (plural copie, diminutive (uncommon) copiétta, augmentative copióne m, pejorative copiàccia)

1. copy

   Antonym: originale

2. (photography) print

Related terms

• copialettere
• copista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

copia

1. inflection of copiare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• copia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• copia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• copia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• copia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “copia”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin co-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.

Proto-Italic *opis

Latin ops

Latin cōps

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin cōpia

From cōps + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoː.pi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.pi.a]

Noun

cōpia f (genitive cōpiae); first declension

1. supply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches

   Synonyms: abundantia, affluentia, ūbertās, fertilitās, ūber, magnitūdō

   Antonyms: dēficientia, cāritās, inopia

   Quod cupiō mēcum est. Inopem mē cōpia fēcit.

   What I desire is with me: Abundance made me destitute.

2. plenty, fulness, multitude

   Synonyms: mōlēs, nūbēs, multitūdō

3. opportunity, facilities (the means of doing something)

   Synonyms: aditus, opportūnitās, occāsiō, facultās

4. (in the plural) troops, forces, resources

   Synonyms: turma, exercitus, caterva, manus

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 6.6:

     Caesar partītīs cōpiīs cum Gāiō Fabiō lēgātō et Mārcō Crassō quaestōre celeriterque effectīs pontibus adit tripertītō, aedificia vīcōsque incendit, magnō pecoris atque hominum numerō potītur.

     Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gains possession of a large number of cattle and men.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōpia	cōpiae
genitive	cōpiae	cōpiārum
dative	cōpiae	cōpiīs
accusative	cōpiam	cōpiās
ablative	cōpiā	cōpiīs
vocative	cōpia	cōpiae

Derived terms

• cōpiōsus
• cornūcōpia

Descendants

• Catalan: còpia
• → English: copy
• → German: Kopie
• French: copie
  • → Romanian: copie
• Italian: copia
  • → Turkish: kopya
• Portuguese: cópia
• Spanish: copia

References

• “copia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “copia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "copia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “copia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: potestatem, copiam alicui dare, facere with Gen. gerund.
    
  • to be rich, wealthy: divitiis, copiis abundare
    
  • I put myself at your disposal as regards advice: consilii mei copiam facio tibi
    
  • I have exhausted all my material: copiam quam potui persecutus sum
    
  • to provide some one with a livelihood: omnes ad vitam copias suppeditare alicui
    
  • his means suffice to defray daily expenses: copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)
    
  • to give audience to some one: colloquendi copiam facere, dare
    
  • to call up troops from all sides: evocare undique copias
    
  • to join forces with some one: copias (arma) cum aliquo iungere or se cum aliquo iungere
    
  • to concentrate troops: conducere, contrahere copias
    
  • to concentrate all the troops at one point: cogere omnes copias in unum locum
    
  • to equip an army, troops: parare exercitum, copias
    
  • a large force, many troops: magnae copiae (not multae)
    
  • a small force: exiguae copiae (Fam. 3. 3. 2)
    
  • to keep the troops in camp: copias castris continere
    
  • to offer battle to the enemy: potestatem, copiam pugnandi hostibus facere
    
  • to draw up forces in battle-order: aciem (copias, exercitum) instruere or in acie constituere
    
  • to rout the enemy's forces: fundere hostium copias
    
  • to absolutely annihilate the enemy: hostium copias occidione occīdere (Liv. 2. 51)
    
  • (ambiguous) to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    
  • (ambiguous) a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis
    
  • (ambiguous) richness of ideas: crebritas or copia (opp. inopia) sententiarum or simply copia
    
  • (ambiguous) abundance of material: materia rerum et copia uberrima
    
  • (ambiguous) profusion of words: copia, ubertas verborum
    
  • (ambiguous) to be abandoned to a life of excess: omnium rerum copia diffluere
    
  • (ambiguous) money is plentiful at 6 per cent: semissibus magna copia est
    
  • (ambiguous) want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market: inopia (opp. copia) rei frumentariae
    
• “copia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• copia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “copia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “copia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Verb

copia

1. inflection of copiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Noun

copia f (plural copias)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cópia

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French copier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈpja/, (careful pronunciation) /ko.piˈa/
• Hyphenation: co‧pi‧a
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

a copia (third-person singular present copiază, past participle copiat) 1st conjugation

1. to copy
2. (intransitive) to cheat on a test

Conjugation

    conjugation of copia (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a copia
gerund			copiind
past participle			copiat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	copiez	copiezi	copiază	copiem	copiați	copiază
	imperfect	copiam	copiai	copia	copiam	copiați	copiau
	simple perfect	copiai	copiași	copie	copiarăm	copiarăți	copiară
	pluperfect	copiasem	copiaseși	copiase	copiaserăm	copiaserăți	copiaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să copiez	să copiezi	să copieze	să copiem	să copiați	să copieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		copiază			copiați
	negative		nu copia			nu copiați

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.pja/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈko.pi.a/
• Hyphenation: co‧pi‧a
• Rhymes: -opja, -opia

Noun

copia

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of copie

References

• “copia”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopja/ [ˈko.pja]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -opja
• Syllabification: co‧pia

Etymology 1

From Latin cōpia.

Noun

copia f (plural copias)

1. copy (a duplicate of an original)
2. abundance

   Synonym: abundancia

Derived terms

• acopiar
• copia de plano
• copia de reserva
• copia de seguridad
• copiar
• copioso
• fotocopia

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kopya
• → Yogad: kopya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

copia

1. inflection of copiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “copia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025