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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

upper class (adj.)

Latin translation:

amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo

Added to glossary by Joseph Brazauskas
May 4, 2006 18:18
18 yrs ago
English term

upper class (adj.)

English to Latin Bus/Financial Economics Trade
"The needs of upper class citizens took priority." 'Nobiles' and 'nobilitas' immediately came to mind, but these terms were based on social and poltiical rather than economic influence. I need a word which relates to economic rather than purely social status.
Proposed translations (Latin)
5 amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo
5 optimates
3 maybe "patrician" could fit
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Jan 28, 2010 00:29: Joseph Brazauskas Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo

They refer to the economical/political/public asset of the richest classes, not to their lineage.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "That's it! You've done it again!"
18 mins

maybe "patrician" could fit

...even if it too refers to social status.
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optimates

Optimates is a wider term than Nobilitas, inasmuch as it would comprehend the Nobilitas and all who adhered to them. (the EQUITES became very rich in the last republican period)
Hope it helps
Antonio
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/...
Note from asker:
Yes, and under Augustus attained very nearly to the status of the nobiles both politically and economically. But the context of the term includes not merely the established upper classes, but the nouveaux riche as well. Thank you.
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