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|lshtext=<b>ŏpus</b>: ĕris, n. Sanscr. ap-as, [[work]]; [[whence]] apuas, [[gain]]; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Work, [[art]], [[workmanship]]: naturā et opere [[munitus]], Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[agricultural]] [[labor]]: [[opus]] faciam, ut defatiger [[usque]], Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24: [[grave]] Martis [[opus]], Verg. A. 8, 515.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[honey]]-[[making]]: [[foris]] pascuntur (apes), [[intus]] [[opus]] faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[literary]] [[labor]]: ([[Graeci]]) [[opus]] quaerunt, [[seek]] [[employment]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In mal. [[part]]., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[work]] [[that]] has been done or made.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Any [[result]] of [[labor]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Esp. (eccl. Lat.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[work]] of [[superhuman]] [[power]], a [[miracle]], Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Bona]] [[opera]], = καλὰ ἔργα, [[good]] works, deeds [[wrought]] by [[grace]], Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—<br /><b>III</b> Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., [[need]], [[necessity]]; [[hence]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: ad [[consilium]] pensandum temporis [[opus]] esse, Liv. 22, 51: quanti argenti [[opus]] fuit, id. 23, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.
|lshtext=<b>ŏpus</b>: ĕris, n. Sanscr. ap-as, [[work]]; [[whence]] apuas, [[gain]]; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Work, [[art]], [[workmanship]]: naturā et opere [[munitus]], Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[agricultural]] [[labor]]: [[opus]] faciam, ut defatiger [[usque]], Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24: [[grave]] Martis [[opus]], Verg. A. 8, 515.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[honey]]-[[making]]: [[foris]] pascuntur (apes), [[intus]] [[opus]] faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[literary]] [[labor]]: ([[Graeci]]) [[opus]] quaerunt, [[seek]] [[employment]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In mal. [[part]]., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[work]] [[that]] has been done or made.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Any [[result]] of [[labor]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Esp. (eccl. Lat.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[work]] of [[superhuman]] [[power]], a [[miracle]], Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Bona]] [[opera]], = καλὰ ἔργα, [[good]] works, deeds [[wrought]] by [[grace]], Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—<br /><b>III</b> Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., [[need]], [[necessity]]; [[hence]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: ad [[consilium]] pensandum temporis [[opus]] esse, Liv. 22, 51: quanti argenti [[opus]] fuit, id. 23, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.
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|gf=(1) <b>ŏpus</b>,⁶ pĕris, n., œuvre, ouvrage, travail :<br /><b>1</b> his [[opus]] [[non]] defuit Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, l’ouvrage ne leur a pas manqué, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 72, etc. ; [[opus]] quærere Cic. Tusc. 3, 81, chercher de l’ouvrage, du travail || operibus hominum, id [[est]] manibus, cibi [[varietas]] invenitur Cic. Nat. 2, 151, c’[[est]] par le travail humain, c’est-à-dire par la main de l’homme que se trouvent les nourritures diverses ; pecudum opere effici Cic. Off. 2, 11, être le résultat du travail des animaux ; [[non]] cessavit in [[suo]] studio [[atque]] opere Cic. CM 13, il ne cessa pas d’étudier et de travailler || travail des abeilles : [[Varro]] R. 3, 16, 4<br /><b>2</b> travail des champs : [[opus]] faciam Ter. Eun. 220, je travaillerai la terre, cf. Haut. 73 ; [[opera]] Cic. CM 24, travaux de la campagne || le travail artistique : [[hydria]] præclaro opere Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, aiguière d’un travail admirable, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46 ; 4, 124, etc.<br /><b>3</b> <b> a)</b> [[nondum]] opere castrorum perfecto Cæs. C. 2, 26, 2, les travaux du camp n’étant pas encore achevés, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 8, 2 ; [d’où] ouvrage militaire : Cæs. G. 1, 49, 4 ; 4, 17, 10, etc. ; [et au pl.] travaux d’art pour un siège : Cic. Phil. 13, 20 ; Nep. Milt. 7, 2 ; Liv. 35, 22, 8, etc. ; <b> b)</b> publica [[opera]] Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12, bâtiments publics ; <b> c)</b> ouvrage, œuvre : [d’un artiste] [[Corinthia]] [[opera]] Cic. Par. 36, les œuvres (bronzes) de Corinthe, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 67 ; 4, 132, etc. ; [d’un écrivain] Cic. Ac. 1, 2 ; Fam. 16, 18, 3 ; Quint. 4, 1, 34, etc.<br /><b>4</b> œuvre, [[acte]] [accomplissement d’une chose qui [[est]] dans les attributions de] : [[opus]] censorium Cic. de Or. 2, 367 ; [[oratorium]] Cic. Br. 200, un [[acte]] de censeur, d’orateur ; si mures corroserint [[aliquid]], quorum [[est]] [[opus]] [[hoc]] unum Cic. Div. 2, 59, si qqch. a été rongé par les rats, dont c’[[est]] l’unique fonction<br /><b>5</b> [expr.] : magno opere Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 107, avec beaucoup d’effort, v. [[magnopere]], [[quantopere]], [[nimiopere]], etc.<br />(2) <b>ŏpus</b>,⁷ n. indécl.,<br /><b>1</b> <b> a)</b> chose nécessaire : quæcumque ad oppugnationem [[opus]] sunt Cæs. G. 5, 40, 6, tout ce qui [[est]] nécessaire pour l’attaque, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 24, 2 ; 2, 22, 1 ; Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2, etc. ; [[mihi]] [[frumentum]] [[non]] [[opus]] [[est]] Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 196, je n’ai pas besoin de blé ; [[quis]] neget [[opus]] [[esse]] oratori... Roscii gestum et venustatem ? Cic. de Or. 1, 251, qui prétendrait qu’un orateur n’a pas besoin de la science du geste, de l’élégance de [[Roscius]] ? cf. Cic. Rep. 5, 4 ; Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4 ; 7, 31, 2, etc. ; ut det ei, si [[quid]] [[opus]] erit in [[sumptum]] Cic. Att. 8, 6, 2, qu’il lui donne ce dont il [[aura]] besoin pour ses dépenses [noter : quæ [[opus]] erunt administrari Brut. d. Cic. Fam. 11, 11, 2, ce qui [[aura]] besoin d’être réglé] ; <b> b)</b> [impers.] [[opus]] [[est]] avec abl. : [[mihi]] [[opus]] [[est]] [[aliqua]] re, j’ai besoin de qqch., ou [[opus]] [[est]] [[aliqua]] re, besoin [[est]] de qqch. ; [[nihil]] [[opus]] [[est]] [[conjectura]] Cic. Amer. 107, il n’[[est]] pas du tout besoin de conjecture || [[sed]] [[opus]] fuit Hirtio [[convento]] ? Cic. Att. 10, 4, 11, mais était-il besoin d’aller trouver [[Hirtius]] ? cf. Sall. C. 31, 7 || [[opus]] [[est]] [[facto]] Cæs. G. 1, 34, 2, il [[est]] besoin d’agir ; si [[quid]] [[opus]] [[facto]] [[est]] Cæs. G. 1, 42, 5, en cas de nécessité ; [[properato]] [[opus]] [[est]] Cic. Mil. 49, il [[est]] besoin de se hâter ; [[mature]] [[facto]] Sall. C. 1, 6, il [[est]] nécessaire d’agir promptement, cf. Sall. C. 20, 10 ; 43, 5 ; 45, 1 ; 46, 2 || [[opus]] [[est]] promptu Pl. Cist. 111 ; jactu Ter. Ad. 740 ; dictu Ter. Haut. 941, il [[est]] besoin de prendre, de jeter, de [[dire]] || [avec inf.] Cic. Tusc. 1, 89 ; Fin. 4, 37 ; Att. 7, 8, 1 || [avec prop. inf.] Cic. Nat. 1, 89 || [avec ut subj.] Pl. ; Tac. D. 31 ; [avec subj. seul] Pl. Merc. 1004 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 9, 33, 11 || [avec ne ] Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 6, 3 || [[rare]] avec gén.] : Lucil. Sat. 334 ; Liv. 22, 51, 3 ; 23, 21, 5 ; Quint. 12, 3, 8 || [avec acc.] Pl. *Truc. 902 ; [[Cato]] *Agr. 15<br /><b>2</b> [qqf.] chose utile : [[illud]], [[etiamsi]] [[opus]] [[est]], [[minus]] [[est]] [[tamen]] necessarium Cic. de Or. 2, 43, ce genre, même s’il [[est]] utile, ne laisse pas d’être moins nécessaire, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 326 ; Fam. 1, 9, 25 ; [[non]] [[opus]] [[est]] id sciri Cic. Off. 3, 49, il n’[[est]] pas bon que cela soit su (il [[est]] mauvais, nuisible), cf. Cic. Clu. 140.<br />(3) <b>ŏpus</b>, ī, v. [[opos]].
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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 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, = καλὰ ἔργα, 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.
   (a)    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.—
   (b)    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.—
   (g)    With gen.: ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse, Liv. 22, 51: quanti argenti opus fuit, id. 23, 31.—
   (d)    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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) ŏpus,⁶ pĕris, n., œuvre, ouvrage, travail :
1 his opus non defuit Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, l’ouvrage ne leur a pas manqué, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 72, etc. ; opus quærere Cic. Tusc. 3, 81, chercher de l’ouvrage, du travail