"opus" meaning in Latin

See opus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈo.pus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈɔpʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈo.pus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈɔːpus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *opos, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”), whence also ops and omnis. Cognates include Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work, action”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₃ep-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*opos}} Proto-Italic *opos, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₃épos|*h₃ép-os|work}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os (“work”), {{cog|sa|अपस्||work, action|tr=ápas}} Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work, action”) Head templates: {{la-noun|opus/oper<3>}} opus n (genitive operis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|opus/oper<3>}} Forms: operis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], opus [nominative, singular], opera [nominative, plural], operis [genitive, singular], operum [genitive, plural], operī [dative, singular], operibus [dative, plural], opus [accusative, singular], opera [accusative, plural], opere [ablative, singular], operibus [ablative, plural], opus [singular, vocative], opera [plural, vocative]
  1. work, labor, accomplishment Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: cōnātus, studium, opera, labor, cūra, intēnsiō, mōlēs, pulvis
    Sense id: en-opus-la-noun-29-nYdEH Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 4 7 28 30 11 9
  2. workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.) Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: cūra
    Sense id: en-opus-la-noun-r-S2JlRE
  3. need, necessity Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, indigentia, ūsus
    Sense id: en-opus-la-noun-pMk6CIFD
  4. art, skill (when in the ablative) Tags: declension-3, neuter Categories (topical): Art Synonyms: opera, ars, artificium
    Sense id: en-opus-la-noun-dZVt6kBr Disambiguation of Art: 2 27 0 61 0 0 9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 11 1 4 50 16 11 7 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 4 7 28 30 11 9
  5. (Ecclesiastical Latin) work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work Tags: Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-opus-la-noun-GaEINkV0 Categories (other): Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 4 7 28 30 11 9
  6. (in adverbial phrases) extent Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-opus-la-noun-K0pb3W9x Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 4 7 28 30 11 9
  7. (in Roman architecture) masonry, construction technique, construction material Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-opus-la-noun-FUolDU52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: op. [abbreviation] Derived forms: magnopere, magnum opus, manuopus, opera, operistitium, operor, opusculum, quantopere, tantopere

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "magnopere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "magnum opus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manuopus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "opera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "operistitium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "operor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "opusculum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quantopere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tantopere"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "ops"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: ops",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: ops"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "ues",
            "3": "oes"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: ues, oes",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: ues, oes, (part of) estovoir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "œux",
            "3": "œusage"
          },
          "expansion": "French: œux, œusage",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal, Burgundy"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal, Burgundy)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: œux, œusage (dialectal, Burgundy)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "uopo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: uopo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: uopo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "ops"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: ops",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: ops"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "op"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: op",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: op"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "uebos",
            "3": "huebos"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: uebos, huebos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: uebos, huebos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "опус",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: опус (opus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: опус (opus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: opus, op"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "о́пус",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: о́пус (ópus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: о́пус (ópus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: opus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃ep-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*opos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *opos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃épos",
        "4": "*h₃ép-os",
        "5": "work"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os (“work”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अपस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "work, action",
        "tr": "ápas"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work, action”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *opos, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”), whence also ops and omnis. Cognates include Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work, action”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "operis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "opus/oper<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "opus n (genitive operis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "opus/oper<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 4 7 28 30 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Work stops; the empty millstones have fallen silent.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.348",
          "text": "cessat opus; vacuae conticuēre molae"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, labor, accomplishment"
      ],
      "id": "en-opus-la-noun-29-nYdEH",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishment",
          "accomplishment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cōnātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "studium"
        },
        {
          "word": "opera"
        },
        {
          "word": "labor"
        },
        {
          "word": "cūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "intēnsiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "mōlēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "pulvis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-opus-la-noun-r-S2JlRE",
      "links": [
        [
          "workmanship",
          "workmanship"
        ],
        [
          "artwork",
          "artwork"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "art",
          "art"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cūra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to have need of, there is need of",
          "text": "opus esse +nom. or +abl. of the thing needed",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "someone needs something",
          "text": "alicui opus est aliquo",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "it is necessary",
          "text": "opus est",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I do not need the grain",
          "text": "mihi frumentum non opus est",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "If reinforcements were needed, he should supply them with the legions which Publius Cornelius, propraetor, was in charge of in Sicily, […]",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1",
          "text": "Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]"
        },
        {
          "english": "All Problems of Geometry can easily be reduced to such terms, that afterwards for their construction, there is only need [or it is only necessary] to get to know the length of certain straight lines.",
          "ref": "1683 [1637], René Descartes, Geōmetria, section 1, page 1:",
          "text": "Omnia Geōmetriae Problēmata facile ad hujusmodī terminōs redūcī possunt, ut deinde ad illōrum cōnstrūctiōnem, opus tantum sit rēctārum quārundam līneārum longitūdinem cognōscere.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "need, necessity"
      ],
      "id": "en-opus-la-noun-pMk6CIFD",
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "necessity",
          "necessity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "egestās"
        },
        {
          "word": "pēnūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "paupertās"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēsīderium"
        },
        {
          "word": "necessitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "inopia"
        },
        {
          "word": "indigentia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ūsus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 1 4 50 16 11 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 4 7 28 30 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 27 0 61 0 0 9",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Art",
          "orig": "la:Art",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "art, skill (when in the ablative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-opus-la-noun-dZVt6kBr",
      "links": [
        [
          "art",
          "art"
        ],
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opera"
        },
        {
          "word": "ars"
        },
        {
          "word": "artificium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ecclesiastical Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 4 7 28 30 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work"
      ],
      "id": "en-opus-la-noun-GaEINkV0",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "miraculous",
          "miraculous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ecclesiastical Latin) work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 4 7 28 30 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extent"
      ],
      "id": "en-opus-la-noun-K0pb3W9x",
      "links": [
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in adverbial phrases) extent"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in adverbial phrases"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "various types thereof, see The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture, 2015, pp.536-537",
          "text": "opus africanum, opus craticum, opus emplectum, opus gallicum, opus incertum, opus isodomum, opus latericium, opus mixtum, opus quadratum, opus reticulatum, opus vittatum, etc.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "masonry, construction technique, construction material"
      ],
      "id": "en-opus-la-noun-FUolDU52",
      "links": [
        [
          "masonry",
          "masonry"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "technique",
          "technique"
        ],
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in Roman architecture) masonry, construction technique, construction material"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Roman architecture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔpʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔːpus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "op."
    }
  ],
  "word": "opus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ep-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Art"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "magnopere"
    },
    {
      "word": "magnum opus"
    },
    {
      "word": "manuopus"
    },
    {
      "word": "opera"
    },
    {
      "word": "operistitium"
    },
    {
      "word": "operor"
    },
    {
      "word": "opusculum"
    },
    {
      "word": "quantopere"
    },
    {
      "word": "tantopere"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "ops"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: ops",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: ops"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "ues",
            "3": "oes"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: ues, oes",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: ues, oes, (part of) estovoir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "œux",
            "3": "œusage"
          },
          "expansion": "French: œux, œusage",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal, Burgundy"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal, Burgundy)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: œux, œusage (dialectal, Burgundy)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "uopo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: uopo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: uopo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "ops"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: ops",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: ops"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "op"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: op",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: op"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "uebos",
            "3": "huebos"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: uebos, huebos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: uebos, huebos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "опус",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: опус (opus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: опус (opus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: opus, op"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "о́пус",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: о́пус (ópus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: о́пус (ópus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: opus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "opus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: opus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: opus"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃ep-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*opos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *opos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃épos",
        "4": "*h₃ép-os",
        "5": "work"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os (“work”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अपस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "work, action",
        "tr": "ápas"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work, action”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *opos, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”), whence also ops and omnis. Cognates include Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work, action”).",
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    {
      "form": "operis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "opus/oper<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "opus n (genitive operis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "opus/oper<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Work stops; the empty millstones have fallen silent.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.348",
          "text": "cessat opus; vacuae conticuēre molae"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, labor, accomplishment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishment",
          "accomplishment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cōnātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "studium"
        },
        {
          "word": "opera"
        },
        {
          "word": "labor"
        },
        {
          "word": "cūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "intēnsiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "mōlēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "pulvis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "workmanship",
          "workmanship"
        ],
        [
          "artwork",
          "artwork"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "art",
          "art"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cūra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to have need of, there is need of",
          "text": "opus esse +nom. or +abl. of the thing needed",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "someone needs something",
          "text": "alicui opus est aliquo",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "it is necessary",
          "text": "opus est",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I do not need the grain",
          "text": "mihi frumentum non opus est",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "If reinforcements were needed, he should supply them with the legions which Publius Cornelius, propraetor, was in charge of in Sicily, […]",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1",
          "text": "Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]"
        },
        {
          "english": "All Problems of Geometry can easily be reduced to such terms, that afterwards for their construction, there is only need [or it is only necessary] to get to know the length of certain straight lines.",
          "ref": "1683 [1637], René Descartes, Geōmetria, section 1, page 1:",
          "text": "Omnia Geōmetriae Problēmata facile ad hujusmodī terminōs redūcī possunt, ut deinde ad illōrum cōnstrūctiōnem, opus tantum sit rēctārum quārundam līneārum longitūdinem cognōscere.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "need, necessity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "necessity",
          "necessity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "egestās"
        },
        {
          "word": "pēnūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "paupertās"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēsīderium"
        },
        {
          "word": "necessitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "inopia"
        },
        {
          "word": "indigentia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ūsus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "art, skill (when in the ablative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "art",
          "art"
        ],
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opera"
        },
        {
          "word": "ars"
        },
        {
          "word": "artificium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ecclesiastical Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "miraculous",
          "miraculous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ecclesiastical Latin) work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "extent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in adverbial phrases) extent"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in adverbial phrases"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "various types thereof, see The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture, 2015, pp.536-537",
          "text": "opus africanum, opus craticum, opus emplectum, opus gallicum, opus incertum, opus isodomum, opus latericium, opus mixtum, opus quadratum, opus reticulatum, opus vittatum, etc.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "masonry, construction technique, construction material"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "masonry",
          "masonry"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "technique",
          "technique"
        ],
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in Roman architecture) masonry, construction technique, construction material"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Roman architecture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔpʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔːpus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "op."
    }
  ],
  "word": "opus"
}

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