뜻

1. 비축물자
2. 풍부
3. (복수로) 군대, 부대

1. supply
2. abundance
3. In the plural: troops, forces

예문

• Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenae maris coaequaretur, et copia mensuram excederet. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Genesis, 41 41:49)

  이렇게 해서 요셉은 바다의 모래처럼 엄청난 곡식을 쌓아, 헤아리는 것조차 그만두었다. 헤아릴 수가 없었던 것이다. (불가타 성경, 창세기, 41장 41:49)

• habuerisque armenta et ovium greges multos, argenti et auri cunctarumque rerum copiam, (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Deuteronomii, 8 8:13)

  또 너희 소 떼와 양 떼가 불어나고 너희에게 은과 금이 많이 생기며, 너희가 가진 모든 것이 불어날 때, (불가타 성경, 신명기, 8장 8:13)

• Antōnius enim mīlitiae peritissimus est copiāsque meliōrēs habet. (Oxford Latin Course III, Scintilla dēspērat 36:27)

  (옥스포드 라틴 코스 3권, 36:27)

• postrīdiē Brūtus, omnibus cōpiīs convocātīs, ōrātiōnem habuit. (Oxford Latin Course III, Philippī 37:12)

  (옥스포드 라틴 코스 3권, 37:12)

• paucīs post diēbus Brūtus omnibus cum cōpiīs ad Graeciam profectus est. (Oxford Latin Course III, Philippī 37:21)

  (옥스포드 라틴 코스 3권, 37:21)

유의어 사전

Exercitus is an army that consists of several legions; but copiæ mean troops, which consist of several cohorts.

Occasio and opportunitas are the opportunities which fortune and chance offer; occasio, the opportunity to undertake something in a general sense, like καιρός; opportunitas, the opportunity to undertake something with facility and the probability of success, like εὐκαιρία; whereas potestas and copia are opportunities offered by men, and through their complaisance; potestas denotes the possibility of doing something with legal authority; copia the possibility of doing something with convenience; lastly, facultas, as the most general expression, the possibility to do something in a general sense.

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein