upper class (adj.)

Latin translation: amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo

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English term or phrase:upper class (adj.)
Latin translation:amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

18:18 May 4, 2006
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English term or phrase: upper class (adj.)
"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.
Joseph Brazauskas
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amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo
Explanation:
They refer to the economical/political/public asset of the richest classes, not to their lineage.
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Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
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Summary of answers provided
5optimates
adv Linguado
5amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo
Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
3maybe "patrician" could fit
Bruon


  

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maybe "patrician" could fit


Explanation:
...even if it too refers to social status.


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optimates


Explanation:
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/...


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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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amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo


Explanation:
They refer to the economical/political/public asset of the richest classes, not to their lineage.

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