the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general
,
the spoils of honor
, Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.: aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur, Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.: opimum belli decus,
honorable
,
high
,
noble
, Curt. 7, 4, 40: triumphus, Hor. C. 4, 4, 51: gloria, Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin.—As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.—C. In rhet., gross, overloaded: opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus, Cic. Or. 8, 25: Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur, Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.): instructa domus opime atque opipare, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, 92 Müll.