[ˈɔ.pɛ.ra], [ˈɔː.pe.ra]
OrigoFrom opus, operis n (“work”), via reinterpretation of its nominative plural form as a feminine singular noun.
- declension-1, femininework, pains, exertion, effort, labour
“operae non est (+ infinitive)” — there is no need to, there is no time to
“[…] nec hōc tempore sine hominum operā aut pāscere eās aut domāre aut tuērī aut tempestīvōs frūctūs ex iīs capere possēmus” — […] and we cannot in the present either pasture them or break them in or take care of them or obtain the timely fruit from them without the labour of humans
- declension-1, feminineservice, rendering of a service
“[…] Cn. Pūpium, quī est in operīs eius societātis […]” — […] Gnaeus Pupius, who is in the service of that association […]
- declension-1, femininewith dative
“Ego ĭstūc aetātis nōn amōrī operam dabam […]” — When I was your age I wasn't giving much attention to love […]
“[…] absolūtōque Rhōdum sēcēdere statuit, et ad dēclīnandam invidiam et ut per ōtium ac requiem Apollōniō Molōnī clārissimō tunc dīcendī magistrō operam daret.” — […] with him acquitted, he resolved to leave for Rhodes, to escape the hate as well as to pay attention in rest and recreation to Apollonius Molon, then the most distinguished teacher of speaking.
- declension-1, feminine, uncommonwith ad + accusative
“Vōs omnīs opere magnō esse ōrātōs volō” — I want you all to be asked with great care
to kindly give attention to our company of actors.
- declension-1, femininewith ut/nē + subjunctive
“Omnem operam dedī, ut mē multitūdinī ēdūcerem et aliquā dōte nōtābilem facerem.” — I took all the care to withdraw myself from the multitude and by some talent make myself distinguished.
“Dent operam cōnsulēs, praetōrēs, tribūnī plēbis—quīque prō cōnsulibus sunt ad urbem—nē quid rēs pūblica dētrimentī capiat.” — May the consuls, praetors, tribunes of the people—and those who are near the City—take care that nothing bad happens to the Republic.
- declension-1, femininewith the subjunctive alone
“Ut exercitum locīs habeam opportūnīs, prōvinciam tuear, etiam sī ille exercitus descīerit, omniaque integra servem dabō operam” — I shall take care to keep the army in suitable locations, to protect my province even if that army defects, and to preserve the whole position uncompromised
- Old-Latin, declension-1, feminine, rarewith the infinitive
“[…] magis hūmānum est quam dare operam id scīre” — […] would it not be more human to turn a blind eye to that than take the trouble to find out
- declension-1, feminineone's fault, agency, doing
“[…] et fallāciīs abiisse eum abs tē meā operā atque astūtiā; […]” — […] and by deceit he went away from you by my doing and astuteness; […]
- Old-Latin, declension-1, feminine(in the ablative, with experior) one's own experience
“spurcificum, immānem, intolerandum, vēsānum: contrā operā expertus” — obscene, frightful, intolerable, crazy: unlike how I've known you in my experience
- Old-Latin, declension-1, feminine(with ūnā or eādem) manner, way
“Et quidem Alcumeus atque Orestēs et Lycurgus posteā” — And then Alcumeus and Orestes and Lycurgus
are my friends in the same manner as this one is.
- declension-1, femininespare time for something (see Usage notes)
“[…] dēest mihi quidem opera sed abest etiam ἐνθουσιασμός, quī nōn modo tempus sed etiam animum vacuum ab omnī cūrā dēsīderat.” — […] I don't have the time, but the afflatus is absent too, which needs not only time but also a soul empty of every worry.
“[…] neque cōnsulibus, cum tot populōrum bella imminerent, operae erat id negōtium agere.” — […] nor was it worth the time of the consuls when wars from so many tribes were threatening.
- declension-1, feminine, plural-normallya day's work or labour
“Cētera legūmina occupant operās sexāgintā, id est mēnsēs duōs.” — The other vegetables require sixty days' work, that is, two months.
- declension-1, feminine, metonymicallyday labourer, journeyman, farmhand
“[…] Ōcius hinc tē” — […] If you don't make off
from here faster, you'll become the ninth farmhand on the Sabine field.
- broadly, declension-1, feminine, metonymicallyany kind of worker or labourer
“Hic vōce, nūtū ēvocārī iubet operās pariterque ipse dēvolat.” — He orders by voice and by gesture the miners to be called outside, and rushes down in the same manner.
- declension-1, femininedeed, activity, effort
“Ante omnēs īnsignis operā fuit C. Popilī equitis; Sabellō cognōmen erat.” — More distinguished than others in deeds was Gaius Popilius the knight; Sabello was his cognomen.
- declension-1, femininethat which is wrought or produced, a work, handiwork
“Iussīn columnīs dēicī operās araneōrum?” — Didn't I order, you scoundrel, Didn't I order the handiwork of spiders to be removed from the columns?
- declension-1, feminineCare, attention,
- accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocativenominative/accusative/vocative plural of opus
Formaeoperae(genitive) · opera(nominative, singular) · operae(nominative, plural) · operae(genitive, singular) · operārum(genitive, plural) · operae(dative, singular) · operīs(dative, plural) · operam(accusative, singular) · operās(accusative, plural) · operā(ablative, singular) · operīs(ablative, plural) · opera(singular, vocative) · operae(plural, vocative)