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Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his quaestor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.
“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’s 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, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, 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