ops

See also: OPS and ὄψ

English

Noun

ops

1. plural of op
2. (informal) operations
3. (Internet, IRC) operator status

   Why don't I have ops in this channel any more?

Verb

ops

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of op

Anagrams

• POS, POs, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, pos, sop

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite genitive singular of op

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Latin

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-, *h₃op-(i)- (“force, ability”), from *h₃ep- base, whence also Sanskrit अप्नस् (ápnas, “property, possession”) and possibly Ancient Greek ὄμπνη (ómpnē, “food”). Related to omnis, optimus and opus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ops/, [ɔps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ops/, [ɔps]

Noun

ops f (genitive opis); third declension

1. (in the singular) strength, power, assistance, power to help, property
2. (in the plural) resources, wealth

Usage notes

• The nominative singular *ops is not attested, the dative singular opī is uncommon and the ablative singular is once opī (in Varro's De lingua latina) according to dictionaries (see the References below).

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ops	opēs
Genitive	opis	opum
Dative	opī	opibus
Accusative	opem	opēs
Ablative	ope	opibus
Vocative	ops	opēs

Derived terms

• Ops, Opis
• copis, cops
• cōpia
• inops
• inopiōsus
• opulentus
• opulentitās
• opulenter

• officium
  • officiōsus
• opitulō
• opitulus
• opiparus
• opifex
• opificium
• opificina

References

• “ops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ops in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1086.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to implore a person's help: alicuius opem implorare
    
  • (ambiguous) to fly to some one for refuge: confugere ad aliquem or ad opem, ad fidem alicuius
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: magnas opes habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: opibus maxime florere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere
    
  • (ambiguous) to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich: opibus, divitiis, bonis, facultatibus abundare
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great influence: opibus, gratia, auctoritate valere, florere
    
  • (ambiguous) to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
    
• 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 431

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Portuguese

Interjection

ops!

1. oops (acknowledging a minor mistake)

Synonyms

• opa

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobs/ [ˈoβ̞s]

Interjection

1. acknowledgment of a minor mistake, oops