opus
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- (music) A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
- Beethoven's opus eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.
- A work, especially of art.
- The painter's last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work.
Usage notesEdit
The most common plural of opus in English is opuses. Some people use the Latin plural, opera. Opi is fairly common in the field of classical music, though mostly in informal contexts. The use of any of these three pluralizations may result in the speaker being corrected, though opi, above all, should be avoided in formal contexts. Outside of music, the word opus sees particularly frequent use in the expression magnum opus.
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CzechEdit
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NounEdit
opus m inan
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Further readingEdit
- opus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- opus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin opus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
opus n (plural opera or opussen, diminutive opusje n)
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FinnishEdit
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opus
- (colloquial) book
- (music) opus
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of opus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | opus | opukset | |
genitive | opuksen | opusten opuksien | |
partitive | opusta | opuksia | |
illative | opukseen | opuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | opus | opukset | |
accusative | nom. | opus | opukset |
gen. | opuksen | ||
genitive | opuksen | opusten opuksien | |
partitive | opusta | opuksia | |
inessive | opuksessa | opuksissa | |
elative | opuksesta | opuksista | |
illative | opukseen | opuksiin | |
adessive | opuksella | opuksilla | |
ablative | opukselta | opuksilta | |
allative | opukselle | opuksille | |
essive | opuksena | opuksina | |
translative | opukseksi | opuksiksi | |
instructive | — | opuksin | |
abessive | opuksetta | opuksitta | |
comitative | — | opuksineen |
Possessive forms of opus (type vastaus) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | opukseni | opuksemme |
2nd person | opuksesi | opuksenne |
3rd person | opuksensa |
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin opus. Doublet of œuvre and opéra.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
opus m (plural opus)
Further readingEdit
- “opus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
opus m
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- op. (abbreviation)
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
opus n (genitive operis); third declension
- work, labor, accomplishment
- workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.)
- Synonym: cūra
- need, necessity
- Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, indigentia, ūsus
- opus esse +nom. or +abl. of the thing needed ― to have need of, there is need of
- alicui opus est aliquo ― someone needs something
- opus est ― it is necessary
- mihi frumentum non opus est ― I do not need the grain
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1:
- Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]
- If reinforcements were needed, he should supply them with the legions which Publius Cornelius, propraetor, was in charge of in Sicily, […]
- Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]
- art, skill (when in the ablative)
- Synonyms: opera, ars, artificium
- (ecclesiastical) work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work
- (in adverbial phrases) extent
Usage notesEdit
The sense of "need" is only used in the nominative and accusative singulars.
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | opus | opera |
Genitive | operis | operum |
Dative | operī | operibus |
Accusative | opus | opera |
Ablative | opere | operibus |
Vocative | opus | opera |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Note: see opera for descendants of the plural form.
ReferencesEdit
- “opus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “opus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- opus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- opus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- opus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
- to entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests: magno opere, vehementer, etiam atque etiam rogare aliquem
- to do work (especially agricultural): opus facere (De Senect. 7. 24)
- to take a task in hand, engage upon it: opus aggredi
- to take a task in hand, engage upon it: ad opus faciendum accedere
- a work of art: artis opus; opus arte factum or perfectum
- a master-piece of classical work: opus summo artificio[TR1] factum
- a master-piece of classical work: opus omnibus numeris absolutum
- to polish, finish a work with the greatest care: perpolire, limare diligenter librum, opus
- to contract for the building of something: opus locare
- to undertake the contract for a work: opus redimere, conducere
- tillage; cultivation: opus rusticum
- a town artificially fortified: oppidum manu (opere) munitum
- to set fire to the siege-works: ignem inferre operibus (B. C. 2. 14)
- in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
- (ambiguous) to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
- (ambiguous) designedly; intentionally: de industria, dedita opera (opp. imprudens)
- (ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
- (ambiguous) to let out public works to contract: locare opera publica
- (ambiguous) to raise siege-works: opera facere
- to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
opus
RomanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
opus m or n (feminine singular opusă, masculine plural opuși, feminine and neuter plural opuse)
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NounEdit
opus
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ParticipleEdit
opus
- past participle of opune
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Latin opus. Compare also the inherited doublet op.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
opus n (plural opusuri)
- opus, musical composition or work