inops, (gen.), inopis:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
weak, poor, needy, helpless; lacking, destitute (of), meager;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | inopia |
| Acc. | inops | inopia |
| Voc. | — | inopia |
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...metallo. abstulit arboribus pretium nemorique laborem Alcides, passusque inopes sine pondere ramos rettulit Argolico fulgentia poma tyranno..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...aues bubone sinistro.inde perit primum quondam ueneranda potestasiuris inops; tantum careat ne nomine tempusmenstruus in fastos distinguit saecula..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...eques obuius omnisabstulit et siccis inclusit collibus hostem.tunc inopes undae praerupta cingere fossaCaesar auet nec castra pati contingere..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sidentia pessumcorpora caesa tenent spoliantque cadauera ferro. 675multi inopes teli iaculum letale reuolsumuolneribus traxere suis et uiscera laeuaoppressere..." - A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...gloria magnisque rebus gestis, sed familiae pecuniaeque inops, cum ei Samnites tamquam indigenti grave aurum donarent. XV. Quam..." - A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...quinque aeris poenae sunto." Quis enim erit tam inops, quem ab iniuriae faciendae libidine viginti quinque asses deterreant..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...operis artificum scaenicorum pepererat, in mercatibus perdita inops Romam redisset et ob quaerendum victum ad circumagendas molas, quae..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...avarus, elegans, despoliator, latebricolarum hominum corruptor, 240a [blandus] inops celatum indagator. nam qui amat quod amat quom extemplo..."