# copia
## Asturian
### Etymology 1

From Latin cōpia.

#### Noun

copia f (plural copies)
* copy (result of copying; an identical duplication)

##### Related terms

* copiar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

copia
* inflection of copiar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kuˈpi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koˈpi.a]

### Verb

copia
* inflection of copiar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ.pja/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

copia
* third-person singular past historic of copier

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* copy
    Antonym: originale
* (photography) print

##### Related terms

* copialettere
* copista

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

copia
* inflection of copiare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Etymology

From cōps +‎ -ia.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkoː.pi.a/, [ˈkoːpiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈko.pi.a/, [ˈkɔːpiä]

### Noun

cōpia f (genitive cōpiae); first declension
* 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.
* plenty, fulness, multitude
    Synonyms: mōlēs, nūbēs, multitūdō
* opportunity, facilities (the means of doing something)
    Synonyms: aditus, opportūnitās, occāsiō, facultās
* (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.

#### 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’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

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

copia
* inflection of copiar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

copia f (plural copias)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cópia.

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French copier.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Verb

a copia (third-person singular present copiază, past participle copiat) 1st conjugation
* to copy
* (intransitive) to cheat on a test

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

copia
* definite nominative/accusative singular of copie

### References

* copia in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkopja/ [ˈko.pja]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -opja
* Syllabification: co‧pia

### Etymology 1

From Latin cōpia.

#### Noun

copia f (plural copias)
* copy (a duplicate of an original)
* 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
* inflection of copiar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “copia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10