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Cornucopia of a Roman statue of Livia as Fortuna, 42-52 AD, marble, Altes Museum, Berlin.. In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (/ ˌ k ɔːr n (j) ə ˈ k oʊ p i ə,-n (j) uː-/; from Latin cornu 'horn' and copia 'abundance'), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts.
Cornucopia, a magazine about Turkish culture; Cornucopia, the fourth add-on to the card game Dominion; CORNucopia, Historic Hudson Valley's annual autumn corn harvest festival, held at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, New York
The goddess is holding her symbols, the balance and the cornucopia. Aequitas (genitive aequitatis) is the Latin concept of justice, equality, conformity, symmetry, or fairness. [1] It is the origin of the English word "equity". [2] [3] In ancient Rome, it could refer to either the legal concept of equity, [4] or fairness between individuals. [5]
The word "cornucopia" is derived from two Latin words: cornu, meaning "horn," and copia, meaning "plenty." A frequent presence in Greek and Roman folklore, the overflowing cornucopia was often ...
Fortuna is often depicted with a gubernaculum (ship's rudder), a ball or Rota Fortunae (wheel of fortune, first mentioned by Cicero) and a cornucopia (horn of plenty). She might bring good or bad luck: she could be represented as veiled and blind, as in modern depictions of Lady Justice, except that Fortuna does not hold a balance. Fortuna came ...
The horn was taken by the Naiads and transformed into the cornucopia that was granted to Abundantia. [6] Other aetiological myths provide different explanations of the cornucopia's origin. [ clarification needed ] On Neronian coinage , she was associated with Ceres and equated with Annona , who embodied the grain supply . [ 5 ]
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Cornucopia, a symbolic, hollow horn filled with the inexhaustible gifts of celebratory fruits; Craterellus cornucopioides, a mushroom resembling the shape of a cornucopia; Horn of Plenty (Warren Vaché album), 1994; Horn of Plenty (Grizzly Bear album), 2004 Horn of Plenty (The Remixes), a 2005 album by Grizzly Bear