calcis+n+m

chalk, Irish, Early Irish cailc, Welsh calch; from Latin calx, calcis, whence also English chalk.

callis, is, m. ( fem., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; Liv. 22, 14, 8; 31, 42, 8; 36, 15, 9; Curt. 3, 10, 10; 4, 16, 11; Amm. 30, 1, 15; 31, 10, 9; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 673) [etym. dub.; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 405, and Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 10, from callum; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 68], a stony, uneven, narrow footway, a foot-path, a mountain-path, etc.; most freq., a path made by the treading of cattle: callis est iter pecudum inter montes angustum et tritum, a callo pecudum perduratum, Isid. Orig. l. l.: callis = via pecorum vestigiis trita, Vet. Gloss.

Lit.:

per calles silvestres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9 fin.; 2, 10, 1 and 3; Cic. Sest. 5, 12 Orell.:

inde prope inviis callibus ad dictatorem perfugerunt,

Liv. 22, 15, 10; cf. id. 32, 11, 2; Verg. A. 4, 405; cf. Ov. M. 7, 626 al.:

per calles ignotos,

Liv. 31, 42, 8; 35, 27, 6; 36, 15, 9; 38, 2, 10; Curt. 7, 11, 7:

secreti,

Verg. A. 6, 443:

surgens,

Pers. 4 (3), 57.—

Transf.

A mountain-pasturage, alp, declivity, mountain-pass, defile (cf. Vogel ad Curt. 3, 10, 10 N. cr.):

rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383 Heyne:

nos hic pecorum modo per aestivos saltus deviasque callis exercitum ducimus,

Liv. 22, 14, 8:

per calles saltusque Macedonicorum montium,

id. 44, 36, 10:

in Ciliciae angustiis et inviis callibus dimicare,

Curt. 4, 13, 6:

angustis in Ciliciae callibus,

id. 4, 9, 22; 5, 4, 4; 5, 4, 17; Liv. 35, 30, 10:

quaestor, cui provincia vetere ex more calles evenerant,

Tac. A. 4, 27 Orell. and Draeg. ad loc.; cf.:

(provincia) semitae callesque,

Suet. Aug. 19:

calles consitae arboribus,

Amm. 31, 10, 9.—

A way, path, road, in gen., Val. Fl. 3, 568; 5, 394 (but in Lucr. 6, 92, the correct read. is calcis, not callis; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).

coctĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

Lit., a cooking, burning:

calcis,

Cassiod. Var. 7, 17.—

A digesting of food, Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 101.

coctĭo, ōnis, v. cocio.

excessus, ūs, m. [excedo, I. A. 2. and B. 2.].

In gen.:

excessus ejus,

Vell. 1, 15, 1.—Esp., a departure from life:

in his esse et excessum e vita et in vita mansionem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 60; Val. Max. 9, 13 prooem.; Sen. Ep. 26, 4;

for which also, vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1:

post obitum, vel potius excessum Romuli,

Cic. Rep. 2, 30; cf.

so of Romulus,

id. ib. 2, 12; once in Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3;

and freq. in post-Aug. prose excessus alone,

death, Tac. A. 1, 7; 14; Suet. Tib. 22; 70; id. Calig. 1; 9; 48; id. Ner. 5; id. Vesp. 3 al.—

Trop., a leaving of the mental powers, loss of self-possession, = ekstasis:

in excessu mentis,

Vulg. Act. 11, 5; id. Psa. 30, 22.—Without mentis:

ego dixi in excessu meo,

Vulg. Psa. 115, 2.—

A standing out, projecting beyond a certain limit.

Lit.:

os calcis quadam parte sinuatur, quadam excessus habet,

projections, Cels. 8, 1 fin.:

montani excessus,

Sol. 9, 2; Amm. 18, 6, 15:

flexuosi excessus,

id. 24, 4, 10.—

Trop.

A departing from the subject, digression (post-Aug.):

egressio vel (quod usitatius esse coepit) excessus, sive est extra causam, etc.,

Quint. 3, 9, 4; cf. ib. § 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 9; and in plur., Plin. H. N. praef. § 12.—

A deviation, aberration from any thing:

minuti a pudore excessus,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 4:

moderaminis,

Prud. in Symm. 2, 990.

ferrūmen ( fērū-), ĭnis, n. [ferrum].

Cement, solder, glue (post-Aug.):

quod furto calcis sine ferumine suo caementa componuntur,

Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176; Petr. 102; Dig. 41, 1, 27.— Transf.: esse videtur Homeri (versus) simplicior et sincerior, Vergilii autem Weôterikôteros et quodam quasi ferumine immisso fucatior, etc., i. e. connection, connecting word, Gell. 13, 26, 3. —

Iron-rust:

(crystalla) infestantur plurimis vitiis, scabro ferumine, maculosa nube, etc.,

Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28.

frĕquento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [frequens].

(Acc. to frequens, I.) To visit or resort to frequently, to frequent; to do or make use of frequently, to repeat (class.):

sermones eorum, qui frequentant domum meam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1:

juventus, quae domum Catilinae frequentabat,

Sall. C. 14, 7:

domum alicujus,

Quint. 12, 11, 5:

(Vespasianus) locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

scholam alicujus,

id. Gram. 7:

dum deus Eurotan immunitamque frequentat Sparten,

Ov. M. 10, 169:

plebes sic accensa, uti opifices agrestesque omnes relictis operibus frequentarent Marium,

often visited, resorted to him, Sall. J. 73, 6:

juvenis jam juventutis concursu, jam publicis studiis frequentabatur,

Tac. A. 5, 10.—With dat.:

istoc quidem nos pretio facile est frequentare tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10; cf.:

ne coetu salutantium frequentaretur Agrippina,

Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 2, 16:

si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari (domus),

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quae loca et nationes minus frequentata sunt,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

tu primas quasque partes in animo frequenta,

frequently think over, repeat, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:

haec frequentat Phalereus maxime,

Cic. Or. 27, 94; 25, 85:

turba ruunt et Hymen clamant, Hymenaee frequentant,

Ov. H. 12, 143:

memoriam alicujus,

to call to mind often, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 2:

exigis ut hoc epistolarum commercium frequentemus,

exchange letters oftener, id. Ep. 38, 1:

nec ideo conjugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur praevalida orbitate,

became more frequent, Tac. A. 3, 25:

prima trullis frequentetur inductio (calcis),

be repeated, Pall. 1, 15:

verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; cf.:

quae (exempla levitatis Atheniensium) nata et frequentata apud illos, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3. —

(Acc. to frequens, II.) To fill with a great number or multitude, to fill, crowd, people, stock a place; to assemble or bring together in numbers (class.).

In gen.:

urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari,

be peopled, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15:

Italiae solitudinem frequentari,

id. Att. 1, 19, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 46:

templa frequentari nunc decet,

to be crowded, Ov. F. 4, 871: mundum nova prole, to stock, Col. poët. 10, 213:

piscinas,

id. 8, 16, 2:

castaneta,

id. 4, 33, 3:

vineam,

id. 4, 15, 1:

quos cum casu hic dies ad aerarium frequentasset, etc.,

had assembled in great numbers, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

populum,

id. Dom. 33, 89:

acervatim multa frequentans,

crowding together, id. Or. 25, 85; cf.:

tum est quasi luminibus distinguenda et frequentanda omnis oratio sententiarum atque verborum,

id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:

digressis qui Pacarium frequentabant,

Tac. H. 2, 16; v. frequentatio, II.—

In partic. (like celebro, but much less freq.), to celebrate or keep in great numbers, esp. a festival: publicum est, quod civitas universa aliqua de causa frequentat, ut ludi, dies festus, bellum, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40:

nunc ad triumphum frequentandum deductos esse milites,

Liv. 36, 39:

sacra,

Ov. M. 4, 37:

ut mors Sulpicii publicis exsequiis frequentaretur,

Tac. A. 3, 48.—

Poet. and post-Aug. also of a single person, to celebrate, observe, keep:

Baccheaque sacra frequento,

Ov. M. 3, 691:

festos dies apud Baias Nero frequentabat,

Tac. A. 14, 4 Draeg. ad loc.:

dies sollennes,

Suet. Aug. 53:

quorundam exsequias usque ad rogum,

id. Tib. 32:

Cererem (Ennaeae nurus),

Auct. Priap. 77.—Hence, frĕquen-tātus, a, um, P. a.

Frequent, common, much used:

pavimenta,

Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185:

gemma reginis,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.—

Full of, rich or abounding in:

aliud genus est non tam sententiis frequentatum quam verbis volucre atque incitatum,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325.—Hence, adv.: frĕquentāto, frequently, App. M. 9, p. 228, 29.

frĕquento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [frequens].

(Acc. to frequens, I.) To visit or resort to frequently, to frequent; to do or make use of frequently, to repeat (class.):

sermones eorum, qui frequentant domum meam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1:

juventus, quae domum Catilinae frequentabat,

Sall. C. 14, 7:

domum alicujus,

Quint. 12, 11, 5:

(Vespasianus) locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

scholam alicujus,

id. Gram. 7:

dum deus Eurotan immunitamque frequentat Sparten,

Ov. M. 10, 169:

plebes sic accensa, uti opifices agrestesque omnes relictis operibus frequentarent Marium,

often visited, resorted to him, Sall. J. 73, 6:

juvenis jam juventutis concursu, jam publicis studiis frequentabatur,

Tac. A. 5, 10.—With dat.:

istoc quidem nos pretio facile est frequentare tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10; cf.:

ne coetu salutantium frequentaretur Agrippina,

Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 2, 16:

si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari (domus),

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quae loca et nationes minus frequentata sunt,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

tu primas quasque partes in animo frequenta,

frequently think over, repeat, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:

haec frequentat Phalereus maxime,

Cic. Or. 27, 94; 25, 85:

turba ruunt et Hymen clamant, Hymenaee frequentant,

Ov. H. 12, 143:

memoriam alicujus,

to call to mind often, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 2:

exigis ut hoc epistolarum commercium frequentemus,

exchange letters oftener, id. Ep. 38, 1:

nec ideo conjugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur praevalida orbitate,

became more frequent, Tac. A. 3, 25:

prima trullis frequentetur inductio (calcis),

be repeated, Pall. 1, 15:

verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; cf.:

quae (exempla levitatis Atheniensium) nata et frequentata apud illos, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3. —

(Acc. to frequens, II.) To fill with a great number or multitude, to fill, crowd, people, stock a place; to assemble or bring together in numbers (class.).

In gen.:

urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari,

be peopled, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15:

Italiae solitudinem frequentari,

id. Att. 1, 19, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 46:

templa frequentari nunc decet,

to be crowded, Ov. F. 4, 871: mundum nova prole, to stock, Col. poët. 10, 213:

piscinas,

id. 8, 16, 2:

castaneta,

id. 4, 33, 3:

vineam,

id. 4, 15, 1:

quos cum casu hic dies ad aerarium frequentasset, etc.,

had assembled in great numbers, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

populum,

id. Dom. 33, 89:

acervatim multa frequentans,

crowding together, id. Or. 25, 85; cf.:

tum est quasi luminibus distinguenda et frequentanda omnis oratio sententiarum atque verborum,

id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:

digressis qui Pacarium frequentabant,

Tac. H. 2, 16; v. frequentatio, II.—

In partic. (like celebro, but much less freq.), to celebrate or keep in great numbers, esp. a festival: publicum est, quod civitas universa aliqua de causa frequentat, ut ludi, dies festus, bellum, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40:

nunc ad triumphum frequentandum deductos esse milites,

Liv. 36, 39:

sacra,

Ov. M. 4, 37:

ut mors Sulpicii publicis exsequiis frequentaretur,

Tac. A. 3, 48.—

Poet. and post-Aug. also of a single person, to celebrate, observe, keep:

Baccheaque sacra frequento,

Ov. M. 3, 691:

festos dies apud Baias Nero frequentabat,

Tac. A. 14, 4 Draeg. ad loc.:

dies sollennes,

Suet. Aug. 53:

quorundam exsequias usque ad rogum,

id. Tib. 32:

Cererem (Ennaeae nurus),

Auct. Priap. 77.—Hence, frĕquen-tātus, a, um, P. a.

Frequent, common, much used:

pavimenta,

Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185:

gemma reginis,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.—

Full of, rich or abounding in:

aliud genus est non tam sententiis frequentatum quam verbis volucre atque incitatum,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325.—Hence, adv.: frĕquentāto, frequently, App. M. 9, p. 228, 29.

occāsĭo, ōnis, f. [occĭdo, a falling out, a happening, hap; hence], an occasion, opportunity, fit time, convenient season, favorable moment for doing any thing; eukairia, kairos (syn.: opportunitas, locus, facultas).

In gen.:

occasio est pars temporis, habens in se alicujus rei idoneam faciendi aut non faciendi opportunitatem... in occasione, ad spatium temporis, faciendi quaedam opportunitas intellegitur adjuncta,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40: tempus actionis opportunum Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, id. Off. 1, 40, 142: occasio opportunitas temporis casu quodam provenientis est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.:

dum datur mihi occasio Tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30; cf.:

nunc occasio est et tempus,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 3; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 4:

an ego occasionem tantam, tam brevem, tam optatam, tam insperatam Amitterem?

id. Eun. 3, 5, 56:

minima,

Suet. Calig. 14; cf.

summa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 2 infra: occasionem nancisci, Afran. ap. Non. 308, 13:

quem, si interficere voluisset, quantae quoties occasiones, quam praeclarae fuerunt,

Cic. Mil. 14, 38:

occasio opprimendi,

id. ib. 15:

inrumpendi in urbem,

Curt. 4, 5, 16:

resistendi,

id. 7, 4, 4: majores occasiones ad opitulandum haberem, more opportunities, Planc [p. 1250] up. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

ut primum occasio data est rem publicam defendendi,

as soon as an opportunity presented itself, Cic. Fam. 12, 242:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse arbitratur,

has presented itself, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

occasio mirifica,

id. Att. 2, 14, 2:

opportuna,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 3:

quo faciliorem occasionem Salvio praebuit perficiendi conata,

Suet. Galb. 17:

occasio minor opinione,

id. Caes. 3:

tam bona,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

lepida,

id. Mil. 4, 1, 30:

bellissima,

Petr. S. 25:

occasionem amittere,

to lose, let slip, Cic. Caecin. 5, 15:

omittere,

Suet. Cal. 14; so,

praetermittere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

capere,

to seize, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

arripere,

Liv. 35, 12, 17:

occasiones quaerere,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 4:

rapere de die,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

amplecti,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 1:

sumere,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

occasione uti,

Just. 38, 5, 1:

non deesse occasioni,

not to miss, to profit by, Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

cunctationem hostium suam fore occasionem rati,

Curt. 4, 6, 13:

dum datur mihi occasio tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 29:

ne a fortunā datam occasionem liberandae Graeciae dimitterent,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3; id. Alc. 8, 5:

cujus (rei) se occasio dederit,

Quint. 12, 2, 12: (paratus) depugnare, si occasio tulerit, mori, si casus inciderit, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

occasionem aperire ad invadendum,

Liv. 4, 53, 9:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

occasione datā,

should an opportunity offer, id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; cf.:

occasione oblatā simultates deponere,

Suet. Caes. 73:

praebere,

id. Galb. 17:

offerre,

id. Aug. 16:

per occasionem,

on a favorable opportunity, Liv. 30, 3:

rem inmaturam nisi per occasionem aperire noluerat,

id. 1, 5, 5; 1, 53, 7; 2, 11, 2; Sall. C. 51, 6:

fratris memoriā per omnem occasionem celebratā,

on every occasion, Suet. Claud. 11; id. Aug. 67:

ad occasionem aurae evehi,

the wind being fair, taking advantage of a fair wind, id. ib. 97:

levia proelia ex occasione hujus aut illius partis oriebantur,

Liv. 24, 3, 17:

ex occasione,

as occasion offered, Suet. Caes. 60:

occasione omni,

on every occasion, id. Claud. 42.—With inf.:

nunc adest occasio Benefacta cumulare = occasio cumulandi,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 63:

nunc est illa occasio inimicum ulcisci,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 15:

agere tuam rem occasio est,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 46; 5, 4, 42; id. Curc. 1, 1, 60; cf.:

summa eludendi occasio'st mihi nunc senes Et Phaedriae curam adimere,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 45.—With ut and subj.:

fuit occasio, si vellet, jam pridem argentum ut daret,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 51:

quoniam occasio fuit Mea virtute parta ut quantum velles sumeres,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 22:

rara haec occasio est, ut referri possint divini honores,

Quint. 3, 7, 17.—

Personified: Occasio, Opportunity, as a goddess, Phaedr. 5, 8; Aus. Epigr. 12, 3.—

In partic.

Facility or means of having a thing:

solitudinis,

Tac. A. 15, 50.—

A supply, stock (post-Aug.):

oleae,

Col. 9, 1:

lapidum,

Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

vetusti olei,

id. 23, 4, 40, § 82.—

A pretext, plea, plausible explanation:

hāc illi opus est occasione, ne illum talium precum pudeat,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

occasiones et ex causis et ex dictis adversariorum oriuntur,

id. 6, 1, 5; 12, 10, 13:

quantulacunque adeo est occasio, sufficit irae,

Juv. 13, 183.—

Occasion, motive, reason:

non habeo ullam occasionem, ut apud te falsa fabuler,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 38.—

Milit. t. t., a dash, raid, surprise:

occasionis esse rem, non proelii,

they were undertaking a surprise, not a battle, Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 9:

cujus (belli) maxima momenta in occasionibus sunt,

Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 1:

occasionibus imminere,

Front. 2, 5, 22. —

A cause (late Lat.): cum calcis ictu mortis occasio praebita videatur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 10, 1.

ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].

Lit.

In gen., work, labor (cf.:

labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,

in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:

menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—

Esp.

Work, art, workmanship:

naturā et opere munitus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—

Of agricultural labor:

opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

grave Martis opus,

Verg. A. 8, 515.—

Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—

Of literary labor:

(Graeci) opus quaerunt,

seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—

In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—

Transf., a work that has been done or made.

A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:

nondum opere castrorum perfecto,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,

opere perfecto,

id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:

Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

operibus Toletum cepit,

Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—

Any result of labor.

Of public works, esp. buildings:

aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:

de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,

Suet. Tib. 30:

opera, templum theatrumque,

id. Calig. 21; cf.

of an aqueduct, etc.,

id. Claud. 20:

in titulis operum,

in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —

Of writings, a work, book:

habeo opus magnum in manibus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:

quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—

Of a work of art:

quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,

of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

32: haec omnia antiquo opere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—

In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:

miserum'st opus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:

ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,

Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

opus meae hastae,

Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.).

A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—

Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—

Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,

Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:

ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,

Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.

With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:

materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,

Cato, R. R. 14, 3:

minus multi opus sunt boves,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:

dux nobis et auctor opus est,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,

id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:

ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

si quid opus erit in sumptum,

id. Att. 5, 8, 2:

parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,

Liv. 37, 18, 10:

quae curando vulneri opus sunt,

id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:

ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,

id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—

With abl.:

magistratibus opus est,

there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

viro et gubernatore opus est,

Liv. 24, 8:

opus est auctoritate tuā,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

non longis opus est ambagibus,

Ov. M. 4, 475:

nunc opus est leviore lyrā,

id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):

responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,

Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:

maturato opus est,

there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:

erat nihil cur properato opus esset,

of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:

ita dictu opus est,

it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

quod scitu opus est,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—

With gen.:

ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

Liv. 22, 51:

quanti argenti opus fuit,

id. 23, 31.—

With acc. (ante-class.):

puero opus est cibum,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—

With inf.:

quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:

quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),

Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

nunc opus est te animo valere,

Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—

With ut:

opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—

With subj. alone:

non est opus affingas aliquid,

Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—

Absol.:

sic opus est,

Ov. M. 1, 279.—

Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:

atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,

Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—

Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:

non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,

Diom. 301 P.

Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,

Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:

sinus,

Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:

Philodamus,

of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.