Hideyoshi then returned to Azuchi and presented to Nobunaga an immense quantity of spolia opima which are said to have exceeded five thousand in number and to have covered all the ground around the castle.
The opima were the spoils which a Roman general could only win from the king, or general, of the enemy, whom he had slain with his own hands: and no more than three such examples are celebrated in the victorious ages of Rome.
The Spolia Opima were the spoils taken from the enemy's king, or chief, when slain in single combat by a Roman general.
In the course of so many years and so many wars the spoliaopima were only twice gained: so rare has been the successful attainment of this honour.
So the child who had kicked Billy Goodge and taken the spolia opima of paper cocked hat and wooden sword spoke through the man.
Paul Keg worthy, the raggedest of them all, with nothing to recommend him but his ridiculous exotic beauty and the paper and wooden spolia opima of the vanquished, stood before them, a tattered Caesar.
Footnote 468: The Spolia Opima were the spoils taken from the enemy's king, or chief, when slain in single combat by a Roman general.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "opima" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
