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opus eris, n

2 AP-, work, labor, toil: Quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, in doing your work, T.: grave Martis, military service, V.: (Graeci) opus quaerunt, seek (literary) employment: Sunt quibus unum opus est urbem celebrare, H.: magnum: dies Longa videtur opus debentibus, H.: naturā et opere munitus, art, Cs.A product of labor, work, structure, public building, fortification: opere castrorum perfecto, Cs.: opus fieri (of a wall), N.: Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit: Regis opus (of a harbor), H.A work, book, composition, essay: habeo opus magnum in manibus: Fac opus appareat: ultra Legem tendere opus, H.Artistic work, workmanship, art: quarum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere: haec omnia antiquo opere.—A deed, action, achievement: Hoc virtutis opus, V.Abl. in adverb. phrases, māgnō opere, tantō opere, quantō opere, see māgnōpere, tantōpere, quantōpere.—Rarely with nimio: haec opera Graecos homines nimio opere delectant, excessively.—A working, effect: opus meae bis sensit Telephus hastae, O.The subject of work, stuff, material: Seu digitis subigebat opus, O.—Fig., in nom. and acc. in phrases with the verb sum, work, business, need, want, necessity: longius, quam quoad opus est, procedetur, than the occasion requires: Sic opus est, O.: quae bello opus erant, S.: dux nobis et auctor opus est, we need a leader: omnia, quae tibi essent opus: quod ipsi opus esse videretur, censere, expedient: quorsum est opus? what for? H.: quae curando volneri opus sunt, L.: magistratibus opus est, there is need of: Cognati, quīs te salvo est opus, to whom your safety is important, H.: haud mihi vitā Est opus hac, I have no business with, etc., H.: Plus scis quid facto opus est, what must be done, T.: tantum modo incepto opus est, to make a beginning, S.: maturato opus est, haste is necessary, L.: ita dictu opus est, I must say, T.: quanti argenti opus fuit, L.: quid opus est de Dionysio adfirmare?: dixit id consilium sciri non opus esse, inexpedient: nil opus est te Circumagi, H.

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