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  • 1 opus

    work, labor, work done, completed work, building

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  • 2 operis

    work, labor, work done, completed work, building

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  • 3 Concordia res parvae crescent

    Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Concordia res parvae crescent

  • 4 Labor omnia vincit

    • Work conquers all things. (Virgil)

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  • 5 opera

    work, pains, labor.

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  • 6 Opuntii

    1.
    ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Work, art, workmanship:

    naturā et opere munitus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
    2.
    Of agricultural labor:

    opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

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

    grave Martis opus,

    Verg. A. 8, 515.—
    3.
    Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
    4.
    Of literary labor:

    (Graeci) opus quaerunt,

    seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
    5.
    In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
    II.
    Transf., a work that has been done or made.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Any result of labor.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
    1.
    A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
    2.
    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.—
    III.
    Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
    A.
    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.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    quanti argenti opus fuit,

    id. 23, 31.—
    (δ).
    With acc. (ante-class.):

    puero opus est cibum,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
    (ε).
    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.—
    (ζ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    nunc opus est te animo valere,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
    (η).
    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.—
    (θ).
    With subj. alone:

    non est opus affingas aliquid,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    sic opus est,

    Ov. M. 1, 279.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    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.
    2.
    Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
    II.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Opuntii

  • 7 Opus

    1.
    ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Work, art, workmanship:

    naturā et opere munitus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
    2.
    Of agricultural labor:

    opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

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

    grave Martis opus,

    Verg. A. 8, 515.—
    3.
    Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
    4.
    Of literary labor:

    (Graeci) opus quaerunt,

    seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
    5.
    In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
    II.
    Transf., a work that has been done or made.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Any result of labor.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
    1.
    A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
    2.
    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.—
    III.
    Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
    A.
    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.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    quanti argenti opus fuit,

    id. 23, 31.—
    (δ).
    With acc. (ante-class.):

    puero opus est cibum,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
    (ε).
    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.—
    (ζ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    nunc opus est te animo valere,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
    (η).
    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.—
    (θ).
    With subj. alone:

    non est opus affingas aliquid,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    sic opus est,

    Ov. M. 1, 279.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    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.
    2.
    Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
    II.
    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.

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  • 8 opus

    1.
    ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Work, art, workmanship:

    naturā et opere munitus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
    2.
    Of agricultural labor:

    opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,

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

    grave Martis opus,

    Verg. A. 8, 515.—
    3.
    Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
    4.
    Of literary labor:

    (Graeci) opus quaerunt,

    seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
    5.
    In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
    II.
    Transf., a work that has been done or made.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Any result of labor.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
    1.
    A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
    2.
    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.—
    III.
    Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
    A.
    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.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    quanti argenti opus fuit,

    id. 23, 31.—
    (δ).
    With acc. (ante-class.):

    puero opus est cibum,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
    (ε).
    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.—
    (ζ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    nunc opus est te animo valere,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
    (η).
    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.—
    (θ).
    With subj. alone:

    non est opus affingas aliquid,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    sic opus est,

    Ov. M. 1, 279.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    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.
    2.
    Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
    II.
    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.

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  • 9 opus

        opus eris, n    [2 AP-], work, labor, toil: Quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, in doing your work, T.: grave Martis, military service, V.: (Graeci) opus quaerunt, seek (literary) employment: Sunt quibus unum opus est urbem celebrare, H.: magnum: dies Longa videtur opus debentibus, H.: naturā et opere munitus, art, Cs.—A product of labor, work, structure, public building, fortification: opere castrorum perfecto, Cs.: opus fieri (of a wall), N.: Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit: Regis opus (of a harbor), H.—A work, book, composition, essay: habeo opus magnum in manibus: Fac opus appareat: ultra Legem tendere opus, H.—Artistic work, workmanship, art: quarum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere: haec omnia antiquo opere.—A deed, action, achievement: Hoc virtutis opus, V.—Abl. in adverb. phrases, māgnō opere, tantō opere, quantō opere, see māgnōpere, tantōpere, quantōpere.—Rarely with nimio: haec opera Graecos homines nimio opere delectant, excessively.—A working, effect: opus meae bis sensit Telephus hastae, O.—The subject of work, stuff, material: Seu digitis subigebat opus, O.—Fig., in nom. and acc. in phrases with the verb sum, work, business, need, want, necessity: longius, quam quoad opus est, procedetur, than the occasion requires: Sic opus est, O.: quae bello opus erant, S.: dux nobis et auctor opus est, we need a leader: omnia, quae tibi essent opus: quod ipsi opus esse videretur, censere, expedient: quorsum est opus? what for? H.: quae curando volneri opus sunt, L.: magistratibus opus est, there is need of: Cognati, quīs te salvo est opus, to whom your safety is important, H.: haud mihi vitā Est opus hac, I have no business with, etc., H.: Plus scis quid facto opus est, what must be done, T.: tantum modo incepto opus est, to make a beginning, S.: maturato opus est, haste is necessary, L.: ita dictu opus est, I must say, T.: quanti argenti opus fuit, L.: quid opus est de Dionysio adfirmare?: dixit id consilium sciri non opus esse, inexpedient: nil opus est te Circumagi, H.
    * * *
    need; work; fortifications (pl.), works

    opus est -- is useful, beneficial

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  • 10 molior

    mōlĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To set one's self or one's powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one's self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.;

    syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32:

    agam per me ipse et moliar,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11:

    horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95.—
    B.
    To set one's self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart:

    molientem hinc Hannibalem,

    Liv. 28, 44:

    dum naves moliuntur a terra,

    id. 37, 11:

    in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes,

    Tac. H. 2, 35.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To labor upon any thing, exert one's self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).
    1.
    Nihil enim agit (vita deorum),... nulla opera molitur, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

    res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri,

    Verg. A. 1, 564: validam in vites molire bipennem, to work, i. e. wield, id. G. 4, 331: ancoras, to work, i. e. hoist the anchor, weigh anchor, Liv. 28, 17:

    agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro,

    i. e. to work, cultivate, till the ground, Verg. G. 1, 494; Col. 1 praef. 17;

    11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva,

    Lucr. 5, 932: fores, to work, i. e. to force, to break open, Tac. A. 1, 39; 2, 82; Liv. 23, 18, 2; 24, 46, 5:

    Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur,

    Curt. 6, 8, 20:

    habenas,

    to guide, Verg. A. 12, 327:

    fulmina molitur dextrā,

    hurls, id. G. 1, 329:

    ignem,

    id. A. 10, 131:

    opera,

    to begin work, Col. 11, 2, 2:

    aliquid sub divo moliri potest,

    id. 1, 8, 9.—
    2.
    To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.:

    deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede,

    displaces, Liv. 9, 3:

    corpora ex somno moliebantur,

    aroused, id. 36, 24, 3:

    onera objecta,

    id. 25, 36.—
    3.
    To build, make, erect, construct (syn.:

    condo, fundo, construo): muros,

    to build, Verg. A. 3, 132:

    classem,

    id. ib. 3, 6:

    arcem,

    id. ib. 1, 424:

    atrium,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

    aedem,

    Flor. 1, 7:

    locum,

    prepares, Verg. A. 7, 158:

    pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum,

    to construct, make, Sol. 15.—
    B.
    Trop., to endeavor to do; to undertake, attempt, set about any thing (cf.:

    aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso,

    performing, doing, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

    viam clipei molita per oras,

    made its way, Verg. A. 10, 477:

    inde datum molitur iter,

    id. ib. 6, 477:

    jamque alio moliris iter,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 61:

    viam et gressus,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 278; 3, 438: animum, to form or acquire for one's self, Ov. A. A. 2, 119:

    laborem,

    to undertake, Verg. A. 4, 233:

    struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui,

    to try to bring upon, Cic. Clu. 64, 178:

    fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri,

    id. Sest. 1, 1:

    pestem patriae nefarie,

    id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

    perniciem rei publicae,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 5: insidias avibus, to lay snares, Verg. G. 1, 271:

    crimina et accusatorem,

    to bring about, find out, Tac. A. 12, 22:

    triumphos,

    Ov. M. 14, 719:

    fugam,

    Verg. A. 2, 109:

    moram,

    to cause, make, occasion, id. ib. 1, 414:

    opem extremam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 6, 431:

    dolos apertos,

    to devise, id. 5, 249:

    bellum in animo,

    to design, meditate, Vell. 2, 46:

    Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur,

    Just. 2, 15, 1:

    mundum efficere moliens deus,

    attempting, Cic. Univ. 4:

    fallere,

    Val. Fl. 3, 491:

    de occupando regno moliens,

    striving to usurp the government, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60:

    nuptias,

    to bring about, Tac. A. 12, 3:

    apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc.,

    are to be excited, called forth, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

    tumorem,

    Col. 6, 17:

    vorandi facultatem,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    fidem moliri coepit,

    began to meddle with, disturb, Liv. 6, 11, 8.

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  • 11 exerceo

    ex-ercĕo, ŭi, itum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to drive on, keep busy, keep at work; to oversee, superintend; with an inanimate object, to work, work at, employ one's self about a thing.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose):

    quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, Si sumas in illis (servis) exercendis, plus agas,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 22; cf.:

    homines qui agrum colunt, et qui eos exercent praepositive sunt his, quorum in numero sunt vilici et monitores,

    who oversee them, Dig. 33, 7, 8:

    exercete, viri, tauros,

    Verg. G. 1, 210:

    i sane, ego te exercebo hodie, ut dignus es,

    keep agoing, exercise, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48:

    corpora assiduo varioque exercita motu, etc.,

    driven, impelled, Lucr. 2, 97; cf. id. 4, 862; 2, 120; and:

    exercita cursu Flumina (with fontes liquidi),

    Verg. G. 3, 529 Wagn.:

    (Maeandros) Incertas exercet aquas,

    Ov. M. 8, 165:

    exercere feras,

    to drive, hunt, Dig. 7, 1, 62: Mi. Gestiunt pugni mihi. So. Si in me exercituru's, quaeso in parietem ut primum domes, to let loose, set them at me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168:

    litus arant Rutulosque exercent vomere colles,

    work, till, Verg. A. 7, 798:

    solum presso sub vomere,

    id. G. 2, 356:

    rura bubus,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 3:

    humum in messem,

    Verg. G. 1, 219:

    vineas, arbusta, campos (with curare),

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 16:

    agrum multis arationibus,

    Pall. Jan. 13, 2:

    pinguia culta,

    Verg. A. 10, 142:

    ferrum vasto in antro (Cyclopes),

    id. ib. 8, 424:

    telas (aranea),

    Ov. M. 6, 145 al.; cf.: neque arva nobis aut metalla aut portus sunt, quibus exercendis reservemur, Tac. Agr. 31.— Poet.:

    ut possint (aratores), sole reducto, Exercere diem,

    i. e. employ the day in labor, perform their day's work, Verg. A. 10, 808.
    II.
    Trop. (freq. and class.).
    A.
    To engage busily, to occupy, employ, exercise a person or thing in some action.
    (α).
    Aliquem or aliquid ( in aliqua re, ad aliquid, aliqua re, etc.):

    me adolescentem multos annos in studio ejusdem laudis (Hortensius) exercuit,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 230:

    quod genus belli esse potest, in quo illum non exercuerit fortuna rei publicae,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    a Diodoto studiosissime in dialectica exercebar,

    id. Brut. 90, 309; cf. id. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    hanc (animi vim) tu exerce in optimis rebus,

    id. Rep. 6, 26:

    haec aetas (juvenum) exercenda in labore patientiaque et animi et corporis,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122:

    animos in armis,

    Ov. Am. 1, 8, 41:

    in gramineis exercent membra palaestris,

    Verg. A. 6, 642:

    vocem et vires in hoc,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 et saep.:

    Aristoteles adolescentes... ad copiam rhetorum in utramque partem exercuit,

    id. Or. 14, 46:

    ad hanc te amentiam natura peperit, voluntas exercuit,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 25:

    facultatem dicendi his exercuerunt,

    Quint. 2, 4, 41:

    ingenium multiplici variaque materia,

    id. 2, 4, 20:

    linguas litibus,

    Ov. M. 6, 375 et saep.—With simple acc.:

    quid te exercuit Pammenes?

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    Induciomarus copias cogere, exercere coepit,

    to exercise, drill, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

    juventutis exercendae causa,

    id. ib. 6, 23, 6:

    ingenium nostrum,

    Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34:

    corpus,

    Cic. de Off. 1, 23, 79:

    exercendae memoriae gratia,

    id. de Sen. 11, 38:

    exercendi stili,

    Quint. 10, 5, 15:

    exercendus est spiritus,

    id. 11, 3, 54 et saep.—
    (β).
    With se, or pass. in mid. force; and in part. praes. and gerund., to exercise or train one's self, to practise:

    si ad hoc unum est natus aut in hoc solo se exercuit, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 28, 99:

    se vehementissime in his subitis dictionibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 152:

    se in consultationibus,

    id. Att. 9, 4, 3:

    sese ad cursuram,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 5:

    se ad velitationem,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 41:

    sese quotidianis commentationibus,

    Cic. Brut. 71, 249:

    se genere pugnae,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

    se genere venationis,

    id. ib. 6, 28, 3:

    se saliendo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25:

    cur non in utrumque protinus locum se exerceant?

    Quint. 4, 2, 29 Zumpt N. cr.:

    Jovem Olympium, eum ipsum, cui se exercebit, implorabit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

    cum athletas se exercentes in curriculo videret,

    id. de Sen. 9, 27; so,

    ad virtutem,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7.—

    Mid.: ut exerceamur in venando,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

    ut in utrumque locum simul exerceamur,

    Quint. 5, 13, 50:

    faciunt idem, cum exercentur, athletae,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

    Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, discunt, exercentur,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

    ne aliter exerceri velint,

    Quint. 3, 8, 70:

    in mandatis tuis exercebor,

    Vulg. Psa. 118, 15.— Act. part. in mid. force:

    cum, ceteris in campo exercentibus, in herba ipse recubuisset,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287; so,

    ipsique dictata exercentibus darent,

    Suet. Caes. 26:

    spectavit assidue et exercentes ephebos,

    id. Aug. 98; cf.:

    si ludicra exercendi aut venandi consuetudine adamare solemus,

    of exercising ourselves, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 69, v. Madv. ad h. l.—
    B.
    To practise, follow, exercise any employment; to employ one's self about, to make use of any thing:

    medicinae exercendae causa,

    Cic. Clu. 63, 178:

    hoc civile quod vocant eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,

    id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    rhetoricen,

    Quint. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 27:

    eloquentiam,

    id. 1, 4, 6:

    artem,

    id. 3, 6, 18; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

    exercere atque exigere vectigalia,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16:

    cauponam vel stabulum,

    Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 5:

    navem,

    ib. 14, 1, 1:

    auri, argenti, sulphuris, etc.... fodinas,

    ib. 7, 1, 13, § 5:

    negotiationem per libertos,

    ib. 26, 7, 58:

    commercium turis,

    Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54:

    arma,

    Verg. A. 4, 87:

    arma contra patriam,

    Tac. A. 11, 16:

    gymnasia et otia et turpes amores,

    id. ib. 6, 1:

    acies pueriles,

    batiles in sport, Juv. 15, 60:

    pharetram et arcum,

    Val. Fl. 3, 161:

    vocem (with clamare),

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 13.—
    2.
    To follow up, follow out, prosecute, carry into effect, practise, administer:

    judicium,

    Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

    latam legem,

    Liv. 4, 51, 4:

    Tiberius exercendas leges esse respondit,

    Tac. A. 1, 72: [p. 684] legem praecipue sumptuariam, Suet. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 58:

    quaestionem inter sicarios,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    regnum,

    Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47; cf.

    imperia,

    Verg. G. 2, 370:

    crudelitatem non solum in vivo sed etiam in mortuo,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 8:

    inimicitias,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; cf.:

    graves inimicitias cum aliquo,

    Sall. C. 49, 2:

    gratiam aut inimicitias in tanta re,

    id. ib. 51, 16:

    jurgia, discordia, simultates cum hostibus,

    id. ib. 9, 2:

    cui exercita cum Pisone amicitia,

    Tac. A. 1, 14:

    licentiam,

    id. ib. 13, 47:

    amicitiam,

    id. ib. 15, 60:

    odium,

    id. ib. 13, 37:

    odium in aliquo,

    Ov. M. 9, 275 et saep.:

    facilitatem et lenitudinem animi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88:

    juris aequabilitatem,

    id. ib.; cf.

    justitiam,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:

    scelus, libidinem, avaritiam in socios,

    Liv. 29, 17, 13; cf.:

    avaritiam (juvenes) exercere jubentur,

    Juv. 14, 108:

    foede victoriam in captis,

    Liv. 6, 22, 4:

    acerrume victoriam nobilitatis in plebem,

    Sall. J. 16, 2:

    foede et crudeliter victoriam,

    id. C. 38:

    amores ad aliquem,

    Cat. 68, 69:

    pacem et hymenaeos,

    to celebrate, solemnize, Verg. A. 4, 99:

    nomen patris,

    to bear his name, Plin. Pan. 21, 4 et saep.—
    C.
    Pregn., to disturb, disquiet, vex, plague (the figure being taken from the baiting of wild beasts):

    meos casus, in quibus me fortuna vehementer exercuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

    nunc me reliquiae vestrae exercent,

    id. Fam. 12, 4, 1:

    non te nullius exercent numinis irae,

    Verg. G. 4, 453:

    aliquem odiis,

    id. A. 4, 622 et saep.:

    te de praedio Oviae exerceri, moleste fero,

    Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4:

    ergo exercentur poenis,

    Verg. A, 6, 739:

    hominum vitam curis,

    Lucr. 5, 1424:

    ambitio animos hominum exercet,

    Sall. C. 11, 1:

    simultates nimio plures et exercuerunt eum et ipse exercuit eas,

    Liv. 39, 40, 9.—In the part. perf.:

    nate, Iliacis exercite fatis,

    Verg. A. 3, 182:

    Venus exercita curis,

    id. ib. 5, 779; cf.:

    curis exercita corpora,

    Ov. M. 7, 634:

    adversis probitas exercita rebus,

    id. Tr. 5, 5, 49: habere aliquem exercitum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 6, 4.—Hence, exercĭ-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. C.).
    A.
    Vexed, harassed:

    scito nihil tam exercitum esse nunc Romae quam candidatos omnibus iniquitatibus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2:

    Tiberius tantis rebus,

    Tac. A. 4, 11.— Hence,
    B.
    Vexatious, severe:

    quid magis sollicitum, magis exercitum dici potest?

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    finem tam exercitae militiae orabant,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    dura hiems, exercita aestas,

    id. ib. 1, 17:

    aestas (with inquieta),

    Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

    infantiam pueritiamque habuit laboriosam et exercitam,

    Suet. Tib. 6 init. —
    C.
    Disciplined:

    (miles) exercitatus et vetus ob eam rem fortior (opp. rudis et inexercitatus),

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38:

    mirum in modum juventus,

    Flor. 1, 3, 2:

    proprio in metu, qui exercitam quoque eloquentiam debilitat,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    militia,

    id. ib. 3, 20:

    ad omne flagitium,

    id. ib. 14, 2:

    ingenium adulatione,

    id. H. 4, 4:

    Graeca doctrina ore tenus,

    id. A. 15, 45.— Comp. and sup.: exercitiorem, exercitissimum (dicebant antiqui), Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 8 Müll. — Adv.: exercĭtē, in a practised manner; in comp.:

    cogitare,

    App. M. 11, p. 272, 6.

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  • 12 opera

    ŏpĕra, ae, f. [opus], service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    omnes, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    sine hominum manu atque operā,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

    operam exigere,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    perdere,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

    praebere amicis,

    id. Brut. 47, 174:

    in re ponere,

    id. Clu. 57, 157:

    curamque in rebus honestis ponere,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    et laborem consumere in aliquā re,

    to bestow labor and pains on any thing, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

    studiumque in res obscuras conferre,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    tribuere rei publicae,

    id. Div. 2, 2, 7;

    sumere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 31, § 69:

    impendere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 30, §

    68: polliceri,

    Sall. C. 28, 1; 40, 6:

    insumere,

    Liv. 10, 18:

    dicare alicui,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 12: interponere, to bestow, employ, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 19, 63: ipse dabat purpuram tantum, amici operas, gave their work thereto, i. e. wrought it, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59:

    pleraque sunt hominum operis effecta,

    id. Off. 2, 3, 12:

    ibo, atque illam adducam, Quam propter opera est mihi,

    on whose behalf I am engaged, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 93:

    operam navare,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2; Liv. 25, 6, 15.—
    B.
    In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3:

    operae forenses,

    id. Fin. 1, 4, 10:

    P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat,

    serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11:

    ferrum istud bonas edet operas,

    will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10:

    musis operas reddere,

    to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2:

    dare operas alicui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Care, attention, exertion bestowed on any thing:

    deditā operā,

    seriously, with a purpose, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29.—So esp. freq.,
    1.
    Operam dare, to bestow care or pains on, to give attention to any thing.—Constr. with dat., with ut or ne ( = studere).
    (α).
    With dat.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 Vahl.):

    dare operam funeri,

    to attend, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1:

    bellis, Sive foro,

    Ov. R. Am. 165:

    amori,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58: liberis ( to the begetting of children), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: memoriae alicujus, to attend to what brings a person to mind, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

    tonsori,

    to get shaved, Suet. Aug. 79:

    alicui,

    to attend to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52:

    sermoni,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4:

    amico,

    to serve, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 17: me huic dedisse operam malam, that I have done him an ill turn, id. Capt. 3, 5, 43.—For dat. the acc. with ad occurs:

    benigne operam detis ad nostrum gregem,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 21.—
    (β).
    With ut and subj.:

    da operam, ut valeas,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5:

    omnem operam do, ut cognoscam,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 15; id. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    dent operam consules, ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

    ego omnem operam dabo, ne pervenire ad me erubescat,

    Sen. Polyb. 13, 3:

    studiose te operam dare, ut ne quid meorum tibi esset ignotum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1.—
    (δ).
    With subj. alone: dabo operam, quoad exercitus huc summittatis, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    id scire,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 38.—
    2.
    In abl.: operā meā, tuā, etc., through my ( thy, etc.) means, agency, fault:

    fateor Abiisse eum abs te, meā operā atque astutiā,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 21:

    quid mihi nisi malum vostra opera'st?

    id. Ps. 1, 2, 50:

    non meā operā, neque pol culpā evenit,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:

    meā operā, Q. Fabi, Tarentum recepisti,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—
    3.
    Unā or eādem operā, in the same manner, at the same time (ante-class.):

    unā operā mihi sunt sodales, quā iste,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 31:

    eādem operā a praetore sumam syngrapham,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 89.—
    4.
    Operā, by experience (ante-class.):

    nam te omnes saevom commemorant... ego contra operā expertus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

    id operā expertus sum esse ita,

    id. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:

    magis non factum possum velle quam operā experiar persequi,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 65.—
    5.
    Operae pretium, v. pretium, II. B.—
    B.
    Leisure, spare time for any thing (class., but in the phrase operae est, only ante-class. and Livian):

    operae ubi mihi erit, ad te venero,

    as soon as I can spare the time, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 30:

    si operae illi esset,

    if he had time, Liv. 5, 15; 4, 8; 44, 36:

    dicam, si tibi videam esse operam, aut otium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 15:

    operae non est,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 77:

    quos tu operam gravare mihi,

    id. Rud. 2, 4, 21: de versibus, quos tibi a me scribi vis, deest mihi quidem opera, I have not time or leisure, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4.—
    C.
    In concr.
    1.
    A day's work or labor (usu. in plur.):

    quaternis operis singula jugera confodere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18:

    puerilis una opera,

    Col. 11, 2, 44:

    bubulcorum operae quatuor,

    id. 2, 13:

    operae (filiorum) locari possunt,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1.—
    2.
    A day-laborer, journeyman; also, in gen., a laborer, workman (usu. in plur.):

    ipse dominus dives operis et laboris expers,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16:

    plures operas conducere,

    Col. 3, 21: nona, a ninth laborer (on his farm), Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; Suet. Oct. 3.—Hence, transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors, tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties):

    mercenariae (corresp. to multitudo conducta),

    Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

    erat mihi contentio cum operis conductis et ad diripiendam urbem concitatis,

    id. Sest. 17, 38:

    Claudianae,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

    theatrales,

    parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical factions, Tac. A. 1, 16:

    VETERES A SCENA,

    Inscr. Grut. 467, 7.—
    3.
    That which is wrought or produced, a work:

    operae aranearum,

    i. e. spiders' webs, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 19:

    exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus,

    Cic. Att. 15, 13, 6.

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  • 13 crūsta

        crūsta ae, f    [CRV-], a hard surface, rind, shell, crust, bark: fluminis, a crust of ice, V.—Inlaid work, chasing, embossed work, stucco, mosaic: eis (vasis) crustae detrahebantur: capaces Heliadum crustae, chased cups, Iu.
    * * *
    rind/shell/peel/bark/crust, hard surface; scab; leaf/flake/thin slab (mineral); cup holder, embossed work; inlay; plaster/stucco/mosaic work (L+S)

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  • 14 crusta

    crusta, ae, f. [cf. crudus], the hard surface of a body, the rind, shell, crust, bark, etc.
    I.
    In gen.:

    luti,

    Lucr. 6, 626; cf.

    soli,

    Dig. 39, 2, 9:

    panis,

    Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 168:

    glandis,

    id. 15, 28, 34, § 112:

    piscium,

    id. 9, 28, 44, § 83:

    locustarum,

    id. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

    ulcerum,

    the scab, Cels. 5, 9; cf. id. 5, 10: fluminis, a covering or crust of ice, Verg. G. 3, 360 et saep.—
    II.
    In partic., t. t. of plastic art, inlaid, chased, or embossed work on walls or vessels, plasterwork, stucco-work, mosaic work:

    parietis,

    Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 154; cf. id. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

    quae (vasa) probarant, eis crustae aut emblemata detrahebantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. 36, 6, 6, § 47; 36, 6, 7, § 48:

    capaces Heliadum crustae,

    Juv. 5, 38; Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 1.—
    * B.
    Trop.: non est ista solida et sincera felicitas; crusta est et quidem tenuis, plaster- or outside-work, Sen. Prov. 6, 3; cf. tectorium.

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  • 15 operor

    ŏpĕror (collat. form ŏpĕro, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 10, 33; Commod. 30, 14), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [opus], to work, labor, toil, take pains; to be busied (not in Cic. or Cæs.).— Constr. absol. or with dat.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    seniores (apes) intus operantur,

    Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 21:

    servi, qui operari in agro consueverunt,

    Dig. 28, 5, 35. —
    (β).
    With dat., to bestow pains upon a thing; to devote one's self to, be engaged in or occupied with a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    reipublicae,

    Liv. 4, 60, 2:

    conubiis arvisque novis operari,

    Verg. A. 3, 136:

    ornandis capillis,

    Ov. Am. 2, 7, 23:

    in cute curandā,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 29:

    textis Minervae, Tib 2, 1, 65: materiis caedendis,

    Tac. H. 5, 20:

    studiis litterarum,

    id. A. 3, 43:

    scholae,

    Quint. 10, 3, 13; Suet. Claud. 19:

    auditioni in scholis,

    Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11; Val. Max. 8, 7, 4 ext.:

    rebus domesticis,

    Col. 12, 4, 3:

    reipublicae,

    Dig. 48, 5, 15.—
    B.
    In partic., in relig. lang., to serve the gods, perform sacred rites, to honor or celebrate by sacrifices (for which:

    operam dare rebus divinis,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26):

    operari est deos religiose et cum summā veneratione sacrificiis litare,

    Non. 523, 9; Pompon. ap. Non. 523, 13:

    illum Dianae sanctum diem,

    Afran. ib. 14:

    sacra refer Cereri laetis operatus (= sacrificans) in herbis,

    Verg. G. 1, 339; cf.:

    Cynthia jam noctes est operata decem,

    Prop. 2, 33, 2 (3, 31, 2); and:

    mulier justis operata sacris, Hor C. 3, 14, 6: sacris,

    Liv. 1, 31, 8:

    superstitionibus,

    id. 10, 39, 2:

    viditque se operatum, et sanguine sacro respersa praetexta,

    Tac. A. 2, 14. Vesta, fave:

    tibi nunc operata resolvimus ora,

    the mouth devoted to thee, Ov. F. 6, 249:

    janua matutinis operatur festa lucernis,

    Juv. 12, 92.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    To work, have effect, be effectual, to be active, to operate (post-class.):

    nihil denique praetermitteret, quod ad crudelitatem videretur operari,

    to be effectual, Capitol. Maxim. 13:

    ad sui dispendium,

    to avail, Cod. Just. 5, 12, 7:

    venenum operatur,

    operates, Lampr. Commod. 17.—
    2.
    Act. (eccl. Lat.)
    (α).
    To work, carry into effect, administer:

    justi tiam,

    Lact. 6, 12, 38; 6, 13, 4; 6, 24, 4:

    scelus,

    Vulg. Lev. 20, 12:

    miracula,

    Ambros. in Luc. 4, § 47.—
    (β).
    To work, produce by working, cause:

    in vobis sollicitudinem,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 7, 11:

    mortem,

    id. ib. 7, 10:

    gloriae pondus,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    opera,

    id. Joan. 9, 4.— Hence,
    A.
    ŏpĕrans, antis, P. a., active, efficient, effectual (post-Aug.):

    operantes apes spectare,

    Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.— Comp.:

    bonitas operantior,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 4.— Neutr. adv.:

    aridas vaporationes operantius mederi quam cataplasmata,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 89.— Sup.:

    clysteres adhibere operantissimos,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 39.—
    B.
    ŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    Pass., performed, effected (eccl. Lat.):

    tot charismata perperam operata,

    Tert. Praescr. 29.—
    2.
    Act., efficacious, effective:

    fallaciae vis operatior,

    Tert. Anim. 57.

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  • 16 reticulum

    rētĭcŭlum, i, n. (collat. form rētĭ-cŭlus, i, m., Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 13; Fenest. ap. Non. 221, 33; Petr. 67, 6; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59; also rētĭācŭlum, i, Vulg. Exod. 38, 5 et saep.), dim. [rete], a little net, a cloth made like a net, a net-work bag for carrying or keeping any thing in, a reticule, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27; Hor. S. 1, 1, 47; Juv. 12, 60; a fishing-net:

    venari reticulo in medio mari,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 87; a strainer, colander, Sen. Q. N. 7, 19, 1; a net used in playing ball, Ov. A. A. 3, 361; a net-work cap for confining the hair, worn by women and effeminate men, Varr. L. L. 5, § 130 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 542, 12; Quadrig. ap. Non. 222, 2; Petr. 67, 6; Capitol. Max. Jun. 1 fin.; Fest. p. 286 Müll.; Juv. 2, 96; Lampr. Heliog. 11 fin.;

    for covering the mouth,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59; net-work, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 13; for the covering of a vessel:

    amphora ex reticulo suspensa,

    Dig. 9, 3, 15, § 12: aeneum, brass lattice-work, acc. to Fest. p. 348 Müll.—In form retiaculum, Vulg. Exod. 38, 5; 39, 39; id. 3, Reg. 7, 17 al.; the caul or omentum covering the intestines, id. Exod. 29, 13 al.

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  • 17 caelō

        caelō āvī, ātus    [caelum, a chisel; see 2 SAC-, SEC-], to engrave in relief, make raised work, carve, engrave (usu. in silver or copper): speciem argento: galeas ae<*>e: caelata in auro facta, V.: flumina Argento, O.: scuta auro, L.: calvam auro, emboss, L.: si quicquam caelati aspexerat, engraved work. —Rarely of wood-carving: pocula Fagina, caelatum opus, V. — Fig., to adorn, finish: Caelatum novem musis opus, by the muses, H.: caelatus stellis Delphin, decked, O.
    * * *
    caelare, caelavi, caelatus V TRANS
    carve, make raised work/relief; engrave, emboss; chase, finish; embroider

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  • 18 labor

        labor (old labōs, T., S., Ct.), ōris, m    [3 LAB-], labor, toil, exertion: ingenium ab labore proclive ad lubidinem, T.: quanto labore partum: non intermissus remigandi, Cs.: res est magni laboris: ad incertum casum labor impenditur: multum operae laborisque consumere: laborem exanclare: se in magnis laboribus exercere: patiens laborum, S.: summi laboris esse, capable of great exertion, Cs.: magni formica laboris, H.: victus suppeditabatur sine labore: quantum meruit labor, Iu.: numerentur labores, be valued, Iu.: quae (loca) capere labor erat, a hard task, L.— Drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering: ex eo quem capit Laborem! T.: Mox et frumentis labor additus, V.: secundis laboribus pubes crevit, successful battles, H.: castrorum labores, Iu.: Lucinae labores, V.: iucundi acti labores: labores solis, eclipses of the sun, V.: lunae labores, V.—Of plants: hunc perferre laborem, the work of growth, V.— A work, product of labor: ita multorum mensium labor interiit, Cs.: Hic labor ille domūs, V.: Polycliti Multus, Iu.—Person.: Labōs, Toil, the genius of toil, V.
    * * *
    I
    labi, lapsus sum V DEP
    slip, slip and fall; slide, glide, drop; perish, go wrong
    II
    effort, labor, toil, exertion, work; suffering, distress, hardship

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  • 19 labōrō

        labōrō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 labor], to labor, take pains, endeavor, exert oneself, strive: ne labora, T.: sibi: frustra laboret Ausus idem, H.: in spem, O.: quid est, in quo se laborasse dicit? in durā humo, O.: in omni gente, in behalf of, Iu.: pro salute meā: laborabat, ut reliquas civitates adiungeret, Cs.: id laborare, ut deberent, etc., S.: ut honore dignus essem, laboravi: te ut miretur turba, H.: et sponsio illa ne fieret, laborasti: quem perspexisse laborant, H.: si sociis fidelissimis prospicere non laboratis: brevis esse, H.: ne quaerere quidem de tantā re, N.—With acc, to work out, work at, produce by toil, elaborate, form, make, prepare, cultivate: quale non perfectius Meae laborarint manūs, H.: Arte laboratae vestes, V.: laborata Ceres, bread, V.: frumenta ceterosque fructūs, Ta.— To suffer, labor under, be oppressed, be afflicted, be troubled: sine febri: e dolore, T.: ex pedibus: ex renibus: ex inscientiā: ex aere alieno laborare, be oppressed with debt, Cs.: a re frumentariā, Cs.: laborantes utero puellae, H.: horum morborum aliquo: pestilentiā laboratum est, L.— To grieve, be in trouble, be vexed, be concerned, be solicitous, be anxious: nihil laboro, nisi ut salvus sis: sponsio illa ne fieret laborasti: de quibus ego antea laborabam, ne, etc.: his de rebus eo magis laboro, quod, etc.: tuā causā: Neglegens ne quā populus laborat, H.: in re familiari: in uno, i. e. love, H.: cuius manu sit percussus, non laboro, do not concern myself.—To be in distress, be in difficulty, undergo danger: suis laborantibus succurrere, Cs.: laborantibus suis auxilio fore, S.: ut utraque (triremis) ex concursu laborarent, Cs.: cum luna laboret, is eclipsed: laboranti succurrere lunae, Iu.: Silvae laborantes, groaning, H.
    * * *
    laborare, laboravi, laboratus V
    work, labor; produce, take pains; be troubled/sick/oppressed, be in distress

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  • 20 lūcubrō

        lūcubrō āvī, ātus, āre    [LVC-], to work by lamp-light, work at night: (Lucretia) inter lucubrantes ancillas, L.: opusculum lucubratum, composed by night.
    * * *
    lucubrare, lucubravi, lucubratus V
    work by lamp-light, "burn the midnight oil"; make or produce at night

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