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prosperitas

prosperitas, good-fortune, success, prosperity

prospĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [prosper],
  • desirable condition, good fortune, success, prosperity (rare but good prose): vitae, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 86: honestarum rerum, id. Fragm. ap. Amm.21, 16, 13: tantā prosperitate usus est valetudinis, ut, etc., such a desirable state of health, such full health, Nep. Att. 21, 1.—In plur.: improborum prosperitates secundaeque res, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88: ventorum, Ap. Met. 11, 26, 7; summarum rerum, Amm.17, 4, 6: currentes ex voto, id. 22, 8, 6; Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 14.—
  • II Joy, approbation: quod est prosperitatis indicium plenum, Amm.15, 8, 15.

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