opus

See also: öpüş

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed from Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊpəs, -ɒpəs

Noun

opus (plural opuses or opera)

1. (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.

2. 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.

Translations

a work of music or set of works with a specified rank

• Czech: opus (cs) m
• Finnish: opus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: о́пус (ru) m (ópus)
• Swedish: opus (sv) n

a work, especially of art

• Finnish: teos (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: о́пус (ru) m (ópus)

Usage notes

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.

Anagrams

• PUOs, Pous, pous, puso, soup

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Czech

Etymology

Latin opus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopus]
• Hyphenation: opus

Noun

opus m inan

1. opus

Related terms

Related terms

• kooperace
• kooperativní
• kooperovat
• manévr
• manévrovat
• opera
• operace
• operační
• operand
• operátor
• opereta
• operní
• operovat

Further reading

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Anagrams

• puso

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈopus/, [ˈo̞pus̠]

Noun

opus

1. (colloquial) book
2. (music) opus

Declension

Inflection of opus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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
abessive		opuksetta	opuksitta
instructive		—	opuksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of opus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative opukseni opukseni accusative nom. opukseni opukseni gen. opukseni genitive opukseni opusteni opuksieni partitive opustani opuksiani inessive opuksessani opuksissani elative opuksestani opuksistani illative opukseeni opuksiini adessive opuksellani opuksillani ablative opukseltani opuksiltani allative opukselleni opuksilleni essive opuksenani opuksinani translative opuksekseni opuksikseni abessive opuksettani opuksittani instructive — — comitative — opuksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative opuksesi opuksesi accusative nom. opuksesi opuksesi gen. opuksesi genitive opuksesi opustesi opuksiesi partitive opustasi opuksiasi inessive opuksessasi opuksissasi elative opuksestasi opuksistasi illative opukseesi opuksiisi adessive opuksellasi opuksillasi ablative opukseltasi opuksiltasi allative opuksellesi opuksillesi essive opuksenasi opuksinasi translative opukseksesi opuksiksesi abessive opuksettasi opuksittasi instructive — — comitative — opuksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative opuksemme opuksemme accusative nom. opuksemme opuksemme gen. opuksemme genitive opuksemme opustemme opuksiemme partitive opustamme opuksiamme inessive opuksessamme opuksissamme elative opuksestamme opuksistamme illative opukseemme opuksiimme adessive opuksellamme opuksillamme ablative opukseltamme opuksiltamme allative opuksellemme opuksillemme essive opuksenamme opuksinamme translative opukseksemme opuksiksemme abessive opuksettamme opuksittamme instructive — — comitative — opuksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative opuksenne opuksenne accusative nom. opuksenne opuksenne gen. opuksenne genitive opuksenne opustenne opuksienne partitive opustanne opuksianne inessive opuksessanne opuksissanne elative opuksestanne opuksistanne illative opukseenne opuksiinne adessive opuksellanne opuksillanne ablative opukseltanne opuksiltanne allative opuksellenne opuksillenne essive opuksenanne opuksinanne translative opukseksenne opuksiksenne abessive opuksettanne opuksittanne instructive — — comitative — opuksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative opuksensa opuksensa accusative nom. opuksensa opuksensa gen. opuksensa genitive opuksensa opustensa opuksiensa partitive opustaan opustansa opuksiaan opuksiansa inessive opuksessaan opuksessansa opuksissaan opuksissansa elative opuksestaan opuksestansa opuksistaan opuksistansa illative opukseensa opuksiinsa adessive opuksellaan opuksellansa opuksillaan opuksillansa ablative opukseltaan opukseltansa opuksiltaan opuksiltansa allative opukselleen opuksellensa opuksilleen opuksillensa essive opuksenaan opuksenansa opuksinaan opuksinansa translative opuksekseen opukseksensa opuksikseen opuksiksensa abessive opuksettaan opuksettansa opuksittaan opuksittansa instructive — — comitative — opuksineen opuksinensa

Anagrams

• sopu, supo

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Italian

Etymology

Latin opus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.pus/

Noun

opus m

1. opus

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Latin

Alternative forms

• op. (abbreviation)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pus/, [ˈɔpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pus/, [ˈɔːpus]

Noun

opus n (genitive operis); third declension

1. work, accomplishment
2. need

   opus esse +nom. or +abl. of the thing needed ― to have need of, there is need of

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 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, […]

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	opus	opera
genitive	operis	operum
dative	operī	operibus
accusative	opus	opera
ablative	opere	operibus
vocative	opus	opera

Usage notes

The sense of "need" is only used in the nominative and accusative singulars.

Derived terms

• manuopus (Medieval Latin)
• opera
• operor
• opusculum

Descendants

Note: for descendants of the plural form opera, see here.

• Catalan: ops
• English: opus
• Italian: uopo
• Old French: ues
• Romanian: op, opus

• Old Spanish: uebos
• Russian: о́пус (ópus)
• Spanish: uebos, opus
• Swedish: opus

References

• “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 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
    
• “opus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “opus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “opus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “opus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• 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

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Portuguese

Verb

opus

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpus/

Adjective

opus m or n (feminine singular opusă, masculine plural opuși, feminine and neuter plural opuse)

1. opposite, contrary
2. reverse

Noun

opus

1. the opposite, contrary
2. reverse

Synonyms

• contrar

Participle

opus

1. past participle of opune

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin opus. Compare also the inherited doublet op.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.pus/

Noun

opus n (plural opusuri)

1. opus, musical composition or work