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|lshtext=<b>ops</b>: ŏpis (<br /><b>I</b> nom. [[sing]]. does not [[occur]]; and the dat. perh. [[only]] in Front. Ep. ad Verr. 6 fin.; abl. [[ope]], [[but]] opi, Varr. L. L. 5, 32, 141), f. Sanscr. ap-nas, [[gain]]; Gr. [[ἄφενος]]>, [[wealth]]; cf.: [[opulentus]]. [[copia]] = co-opia.<br /><b>I</b> Power, [[might]], [[strength]], [[ability]], in abstr.: Romani scalis summā nituntur opum vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.); so Verg. A. 12, 552: summā [[ope]] niti, Sall. C. 1, 1: omni [[ope]] [[atque]] operā enitar, [[will]] [[employ]] all my [[strength]] and efforts, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 5: omnibus viribus [[atque]] opibus repugnare, [[with]] all [[our]] powers, id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25: quācumque [[ope]] possent, id. Mil. 11, 30: [[grates]] persolvere dignas Non opis est nostrae, is not in [[our]] [[power]], Verg. A. 1, 601. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In concr., [[means]] of [[any]] [[kind]] [[that]] one possesses; [[property]], [[substance]], [[wealth]], [[riches]], [[treasure]]; [[military]] or [[political]] [[resources]], [[might]], [[power]], [[influence]], etc. (in this signif. [[mostly]] in plur.; cf.: facultates. copiae, [[divitiae]]): ut scias, [[quanto]] e [[loco]], Quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa [[fortuna]] accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.): nos [[tamen]] efficimus pro opibus nostris [[moenia]], Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 13: condere, to [[hoard]] up treasures, Verg. G. 2, 507; cf.: magnas [[inter]] [[opes]] [[inops]], Hor. C. 3, 16, 28; 2, 12, 22: ruris parvae, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 59: amplae, Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122: [[vita]] opibus firma, copiis [[locuples]], gloriā ampla, virtute honesta, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1: cui tenues [[opes]], nullae facultates, exiguae amicorum copiae sunt, id. Quint. 1, 2: in bonis numerabis divitias, honores, [[opes]], id. Fin. 5, 27, 81; cf.: [[divitiae]] ut utare, [[opes]] ut colare, honores ut laudere, id. Lael. 6, 22: opibus et copiis affluentes, id. Agr. 2, 30, 82: [[opes]] violentas concupiscere, id. Phil. 1, 12, 129: Trojanas ut [[opes]] et lamentabile [[regnum]] Eruerint [[Danai]], Verg. A. 2, 4: ad divos adeunto [[caste]], pietatem adhibento, [[opes]] amovento, [[lay]] [[aside]] [[display]] or [[show]], Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: vidi ego te, astante [[ope]] barbaricā, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 120 Vahl.); so, barbarica, Verg. A. 8, 685.—<br /><b>II</b> Aid, [[help]], [[support]], [[assistance]], succor (syn.: [[subsidium]], [[suppetiae]], [[auxilium]]): opis [[egens]] tuae. Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 126 Vahl.): pro factis reddere opis [[pretium]], id. ap. Sen. Ep. 18, 5 (Epigr. v. 6 ib.): arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65; Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1: [[sine]] tuā [[ope]], id. Att. 16, 13 c, 2: aliquid opis rei publicae tulissemus, id. Fam. 4, 1, 1: opem petere ab [[aliquo]], id. Tusc. 5, 2, 5: confugere ad opem alicujus, id. Font. 11, 35: ferte opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67 (Trag. v. 86 Vahl.): [[exitium]] superabat opem, i. e. [[baffled]] [[medical]] [[skill]]. Ov. M. 7, 527: afferre opem, to [[yield]] [[assistance]], id. ib. 8, 601: admovere, id. R. Am. 116.