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ŏpella, ae, f. dim. [opera], little or light pains, labor, service (poet.): parva, Lucr. 1, 1114: forensis, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 8.

ŏpĕra, ae, f. [opus], service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: omnes, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: sine hominum manu atque operā, id. ib. 2, 4, 14: operam exigere, id. ib. 1, 13: perdere, id. de Or. 1, 28, 126: praebere amicis, id. Brut. 47, 174: in re ponere, id. Clu. 57, 157: curamque in rebus honestis ponere, id. Off. 1, 6, 19: et laborem consumere in aliquā re, to bestow labor and pains on any thing, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234: studiumque in res obscuras conferre, id. Off. 1, 6, 19: tribuere rei publicae, id. Div. 2, 2, 7; sumere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 31, § 69: impendere, id. ib. 2, 2, 30, § 68: polliceri, Sall. C. 28, 1; 40, 6: insumere, Liv. 10, 18: dicare alicui, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 12: interponere, to bestow, employ, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 19, 63: ipse dabat purpuram tantum, amici operas, gave their work thereto, i. e. wrought it, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59: pleraque sunt hominum operis effecta, id. Off. 2, 3, 12: ibo, atque illam adducam, Quam propter opera est mihi, on whose behalf I am engaged, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 93: operam navare, Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2; Liv. 25, 6, 15.
    2. B. In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3: operae forenses, id. Fin. 1, 4, 10: P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat, serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11: ferrum istud bonas edet operas, will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10: musis operas reddere, to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2: dare operas alicui, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Care, attention, exertion bestowed on any thing: deditā operā, seriously, with a purpose, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29.
      So esp. freq.,
      1. 1. Operam dare, to bestow care or pains on, to give attention to any thing.
        Constr. with dat., with ut or ne ( = studere).
          1. (α) With dat.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 Vahl.): dare operam funeri, to attend, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1: bellis, Sive foro, Ov. R. Am. 165: amori, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58: liberis (to the begetting of children), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: memoriae alicujus, to attend to what brings a person to mind, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1: tonsori, to get shaved, Suet. Aug. 79: alicui, to attend to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52: sermoni, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4: amico, to serve, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 17: me huic dedisse operam malam, that I have done him an ill turn, id. Capt. 3, 5, 43.
            For dat. the acc. with ad occurs: benigne operam detis ad nostrum gregem, Plaut. Cas. prol. 21.
          2. (β) With ut and subj.: da operam, ut valeas, Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5: omnem operam do, ut cognoscam, Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 15; id. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.
          3. (γ) With ne: dent operam consules, ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat, Caes. B. C. 1, 5: ego omnem operam dabo, ne pervenire ad me erubescat, Sen. Polyb. 13, 3: studiose te operam dare, ut ne quid meorum tibi esset ignotum, Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1.
          4. (δ) With subj. alone: dabo operam, quoad exercitus huc summittatis, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6.
            (ε) With inf.: id scire, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 38.
      2. 2. In abl.: operā meā, tuā, etc., through my (thy, etc.) means, agency, fault: fateor Abiisse eum abs te, meā operā atque astutiā, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 21: quid mihi nisi malum vostra opera’st? id. Ps. 1, 2, 50: non meā operā, neque pol culpā evenit, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31: meā operā, Q. Fabi, Tarentum recepisti, Cic. Sen. 4, 11.
      3. 3. Unā or eādem operā, in the same manner, at the same time (ante-class.): unā operā mihi sunt sodales, quā iste, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 31: eādem operā a praetore sumam syngrapham, id. ib. 2, 3, 89.
      4. 4. Operā, by experience (ante-class.): nam te omnes saevom commemorantego contra operā expertus, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7: id operā expertus sum esse ita, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 3: magis non factum possum velle quam operā experiar persequi, id. Capt. 2, 3, 65.
      5. 5. Operae pretium, v. pretium, II. B.
    2. B. Leisure, spare time for any thing (class., but in the phrase operae est, only ante-class. and Livian): operae ubi mihi erit, ad te venero, as soon as I can spare the time, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 30: si operae illi esset, if he had time, Liv. 5, 15; 4, 8; 44, 36: dicam, si tibi videam esse operam, aut otium, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 15: operae non est, id. ib. 5, 2, 77: quos tu operam gravare mihi, id. Rud. 2, 4, 21: de versibus, quos tibi a me scribi vis, deest mihi quidem opera, I have not time or leisure, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4.
    3. C. In concr.
      1. 1. A day’s work or labor (usu. in plur.): quaternis operis singula jugera confodere, Varr. R. R. 1, 18: puerilis una opera, Col. 11, 2, 44: bubulcorum operae quatuor, id. 2, 13: operae (filiorum) locari possunt, Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1.
      2. 2. A day-laborer, journeyman; also, in gen., a laborer, workman (usu. in plur.): ipse dominus dives operis et laboris expers, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16: plures operas conducere, Col. 3, 21: nona, a ninth laborer (on his farm), Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; Suet. Oct. 3.
        Hence, transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors, tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties): mercenariae (corresp. to multitudo conducta), Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; cf.: erat mihi contentio cum operis conductis et ad diripiendam urbem concitatis, id. Sest. 17, 38: Claudianae, id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3: theatrales, parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical factions, Tac. A. 1, 16: VETERES A SCENA, Inscr. Grut. 467, 7.
      3. 3. That which is wrought or produced, a work: operae aranearum, i. e. spiders’ webs, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 19: exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus, Cic. Att. 15, 13, 6.

ŏpĕrans, antis, Part. and P. a., from operor.

ŏpĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [opera],

  1. I. of or belonging to labor (class.): homo, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8: pecus, working-cattle, Col. 6, 2, 15: vinum, for working-men, Plin. 14, 10, 12, § 86.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. ŏpĕrārĭus, ii, m., a laborer, workman, operative: habere oportet operarios quinque, Cato, R. R. 10, 1: operarius rusticus, the peasant as a day-laborer, Edict. Diocl. 7, 1; cf.: operarius agrarius, Vulg. Ecclus. 37, 13: quos singulos sicut operarios barbarosque contemnas, Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104: quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā, fluent talkers, bad orators, id. de Or. 1, 18, 83: operarium nobis quendam oratorem facis, underworkman, id. ib. 1, 62, 263: si quid actum erit, quod isti operarii minus commode persequi possent, i. e. scribes, secretaries, id. Fam. 8, 1, 2.
    2. B. ŏpĕrārĭa, ae, f., a work-woman, in a comic lusus verbb., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 41.

ŏpĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [operor], a working, work, labor, operation (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. I. In gen.: insidiantur aquantibus (apibus) ranae, quae maxima earum est operatio, cum sobolem faciunt, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 61; 11, 24, 28, § 80; Vitr. 2, 9.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A religious performance, service, or solemnity, a bringing of offerings: operationes denicales, offerings, Fest. s. v. privatae feriae, p. 242 Müll.; Inscr. a. 286, p. Chr. ap. Orell. 2234.
    2. B. In Christian authors, beneficence, charity, Lact. 6, 12; Prud. Psych. 573.

ŏpĕrātīvus, a, um, adj. [operor], creative, formative (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Quaest. 63.

ŏpĕrātor, ōris, m. [operor], a worker, operator (post-class.), Firm. Math. 3, 9; Tert. Exhort. ad Castit. 3; id. Apol. 23 fin. al.; Lact. 6, 18, 13; Vulg. Prov. 22, 2.

ŏpĕrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [operor], creating, forming, Ambros. Hexaëm. 1, 1, 1; id. Fug. Saec. 2, 11.

ŏpĕrātrix, īcis, f. [operator], she that works, a worker, effecter, producer (eccl. Lat.): vis operatrix, Tert. Anim. 11: mortis, id. ib. 52: sapientia, creative wisdom, Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, 9, § 92.

ŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a., v. operor fin. B.

ŏpercŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [operculum], to furnish or cover with a lid, to cover (post-Aug.): dolia, Col. 12, 30, 1: vasa, id. 12, 15, 2: operculati favi, id. 11, 2, 50; 57.

ŏpercŭlum, i, n. [operio], a cover, covering, lid (class.): quibus operibantur operimenta et pallia opercula dixerunt, Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.: aspera arteria tegitur quasi quodam operculo, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Col. 8, 8, 7: sorba in urceolos picatos adicito et opercula picata imponito, id. 12, 16, 4: ambulatorium, a movable cover, Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.
Prov.: patellae dignum operculum, like to like, Hier. Ep. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 127 (16), n. 9.
Of the covering of walls, wainscoting, panel-work: OPERCVLA ABIEGNIA IMPONITO, Lex Puteol. Grut. 207, col. 2.

ŏpĕrīmentum (sync. opermentum; al. oprimentum, Prud. Psych. 461), i, n. [operio], a covering, cover, lid (class.): quibus operibantur operimenta et pallia opercula dixerunt, Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.: operimenta decem, Cato, R. R. 10: equis paria operimenta erant, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 770: nuces gemino protectae operimento, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: fulmen, quo dolia exhauriuntur intactis operimen tis, the lids, id. 2, 51, 52, § 137: oculorum, id. 8, 42, 64, § 156: testei, id. 11, 37, 55, § 153; a coverlet, covering for a bed: lectuli, Vulg. Deut. 27, 20: de cubili, id. Prov. 22, 27: redditur terrae corpus et ita locatum ac situm quasi operimento matris obducitur, * Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56.
Trop.: operimenta animae, Ambros. Noë et Arca, 29, § 112.

ŏpĕrĭo, ŭi, ertum, 4 (archaic fut. operibo: ego operibo caput, Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 33; imperf. operibat, Prop. 4, 12, 35), v. a. [pario, whence the opp. aperio, to uncover; cf. paro], to cover, cover over any thing (class.; syn.: tego, velo, induo).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Operire capita, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 34; cf.: capite operto esse, Cic. Sen. 10, 34: operiri umerum cum toto jugulo, Quint. 11, 3, 141; id. praef. § 24.
      Esp., of clothing: aeger multā veste operiendus est, Cels. 3, 7 fin.; so in Vulg. Isa. 58, 7; id. Ezech. 18, 7 et saep.: fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: summas amphoras auro et argento, Nep. Hann. 9, 3: mons nubibus, Ov. P. 4, 5, 5: (rhombos) quos operit glacies Maeotica, Juv. 4, 42.
      Comically: aliquem loris, to cover over, i. e. to lash soundly, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28: reliquias malae pugnae, i. e. to bury, Tac. A. 15, 28: operiet eos formido, Vulg. Ezech. 7, 18; id. Jer. 3, 25.
    2. B. Transf., to shut, close (syn.: claudo, praecludo, obsero): fores, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 1: ostium, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 33: iste opertā lecticā latus est, Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106: oculos, to shut, close (opp. patefacere), Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; cf.: opertos compressosve (oculos), Quint. 11, 2, 76.
  2. II. Trop.
      1. 1. To hide, conceal, keep from observation, dissemble: quo pacto hoc operiam? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 6 Bentl. (al. aperiam): non in oratione operiendā sunt quaedam, Quint. 2, 13, 12: quotiens dictu deformia operit, id. 8, 6, 59; cf. id. 5, 12, 18: luctum, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6: domestica mala tristitia, Tac. A. 3, 18.
      2. 2. To overwhelm, burden, as with shame, etc. (only in part. perf. pass.): contumeliis opertus, loaded, overwhelmed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111; cf.: judicia operta dedecore et infamiā, id. Clu. 22, 61: infamiā, Tac. H. 3, 69.
      3. 3. Of sin, to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten (eccl. Lat.): qui converti fecerit peccatorem, operiet multitudinem peccatorum, Vulg. Jac. 5, 20; id. 1 Pet. 4, 8.—ŏpertus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed (class.): operta quae fuere, aperta sunt, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9: res, Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5: operta bella, Verg. G. 1, 465: cineres, Hor. C. 2, 8, 9: hamum, id. S. 1, 16, 50.
        As subst.: ŏpertum, i, n., a secret place or thing, a secret; an ambiguous answer, dark oracle, etc.: Apollinis operta, the dark, ambiguous oracles, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115: telluris operta subire, the depths, Verg. A. 6, 140: opertum Bonae Deae, the secret place or secret service, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 32: litterarum, a secret, Gell. 17, 9, 22.
        Adv.: ŏpertē, covertly, figuratively (post-class.): operte et symbolice, Gell. 4, 11, 10.

ŏpĕrĭor, v. opperior.

ŏpermentum, v. operimentum init.

ŏpĕro, āvi, 1, v. a., post-class. collat. form of operor, q. v.

ŏpĕror (collat. form ŏpĕro, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 10, 33; Commod. 30, 14), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [opus], to work, labor, toil, take pains; to be busied (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
Constr. absol. or with dat.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.
          1. (α) Absol.: seniores (apes) intus operantur, Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 21: servi, qui operari in agro consueverunt, Dig. 28, 5, 35.
          2. (β) With dat., to bestow pains upon a thing; to devote one’s self to, be engaged in or occupied with a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): reipublicae, Liv. 4, 60, 2: conubiis arvisque novis operari, Verg. A. 3, 136: ornandis capillis, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 23: in cute curandā, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 29: textis Minervae, Tib 2, 1, 65: materiis caedendis, Tac. H. 5, 20: studiis litterarum, id. A. 3, 43: scholae, Quint. 10, 3, 13; Suet. Claud. 19: auditioni in scholis, Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11; Val. Max. 8, 7, 4 ext.: rebus domesticis, Col. 12, 4, 3: reipublicae, Dig. 48, 5, 15.
    2. B. In partic., in relig. lang., to serve the gods, perform sacred rites, to honor or celebrate by sacrifices (for which: operam dare rebus divinis, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26): operari est deos religiose et cum summā veneratione sacrificiis litare, Non. 523, 9; Pompon. ap. Non. 523, 13: illum Dianae sanctum diem, Afran. ib. 14: sacra refer Cereri laetis operatus (= sacrificans) in herbis, Verg. G. 1, 339; cf.: Cynthia jam noctes est operata decem, Prop. 2, 33, 2 (3, 31, 2); and: mulier justis operata sacris, Hor C. 3, 14, 6: sacris, Liv. 1, 31, 8: superstitionibus, id. 10, 39, 2: viditque se operatum, et sanguine sacro respersa praetexta, Tac. A. 2, 14. Vesta, fave: tibi nunc operata resolvimus ora, the mouth devoted to thee, Ov. F. 6, 249: janua matutinis operatur festa lucernis, Juv. 12, 92.
  2. II. Transf.
      1. 1. To work, have effect, be effectual, to be active, to operate (post-class.): nihil denique praetermitteret, quod ad crudelitatem videretur operari, to be effectual, Capitol. Maxim. 13: ad sui dispendium, to avail, Cod. Just. 5, 12, 7: venenum operatur, operates, Lampr. Commod. 17.
      2. 2. Act. (eccl. Lat.)
          1. (α) To work, carry into effect, administer: justi tiam, Lact. 6, 12, 38; 6, 13, 4; 6, 24, 4: scelus, Vulg. Lev. 20, 12: miracula, Ambros. in Luc. 4, § 47.
          2. (β) To work, produce by working, cause: in vobis sollicitudinem, Vulg. 2 Cor. 7, 11: mortem, id. ib. 7, 10: gloriae pondus, id. ib. 4, 17: opera, id. Joan. 9, 4.
            Hence,
    1. A. ŏpĕrans, antis, P. a., active, efficient, effectual (post-Aug.): operantes apes spectare, Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.
      Comp.: bonitas operantior, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 4.
      Neutr. adv.: aridas vaporationes operantius mederi quam cataplasmata, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 89.
      Sup.: clysteres adhibere operantissimos, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 39.
    2. B. ŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a.
      1. 1. Pass., performed, effected (eccl. Lat.): tot charismata perperam operata, Tert. Praescr. 29.
      2. 2. Act., efficacious, effective: fallaciae vis operatior, Tert. Anim. 57.

ŏpĕrōsē, adv., v. operosus fin.

ŏpĕrōsĭtas, ātis, f. [operosus], excessive pains, overmuch nicety, elaborate workmanship (post-Aug.): est etiam, quae περιεργία vocatur, supervacua, ut sic dixerim, operositas, Quint. 8, 3, 55: operositas suadendi, Tert. Anim. 2 fin.: vitreorum, Vop. Tac. 11.

ŏpĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [opera].

  1. I. Taking great pains, painstaking, active, busy, industrious, laborious (class.; syn.: laboriosus, industrius): senectus, opp. to languida atque iners, Cic. Sen. 8, 26: colonus, Ov. Nuce, 57: cultibus ambae, id. Am. 2, 10, 5.
    Poet. with Gr. acc.: Cynthia non operosa comas (al. comis), Prop. 5, 8, 52.
    Poet. with gen.: vates operose dierum, in regard to, Ov. F. 1, 101.
    Sup.: Syria in hortis operosissima, exceedingly industrious in gardening, Plin. 20, 5, 16, § 33.
    1. B. Transf., of a medicine, active, efficacious, powerful, drastic (poet.): herbae, Ov. M. 14, 22.
  2. II. That costs much trouble, troublesome, toilsome, laborious, difficult, elaborate (syn. difficilis): labor operosus et molestus, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59: artes, handicrafts, id. Off. 2, 5, 17: opus, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: res, Liv. 4, 8: templa, costly, sumptuous, Ov. M. 15, 667: moles mundi, the artfully constructed fabric of the universe, id. ib. 1, 258: castaneae cibo, hard to digest, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 93: carmina, elaborate, Hor. C. 4, 2, 31.
    Comp.: ne quis sepulcrum faceret operosius, quam quod decem homines effecerint triduo, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64: divitiae operosiores, Hor. C. 3, 1, 48; 3, 12, 5.
    Hence, adv.: ŏpĕrōsē.
    1. A. Lit., with great labor or pains, laboriously, carefully (class.): nec flat operose, Cic. Or. 44, 149: vina condita, Ov F. 5, 269.
      Comp.: dicemus operosius, more precisely, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 238.
    2. B. Transf., exactly, accurately (post-Aug.): dicemus mox paulo operosius, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 238.

ŏpertānĕus, a, um, adj. [opertus], concealed, secret (post-Aug.): opertanea sacra, the secret rites of the Bona Dea, Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156: di opertanei, who dwell in the bowels of the earth, Mart. Cap. 1, § 44

ŏpertē, adv., v. operio, P. a. fin

* ŏpertĭo, ōnis, f. [operio], a covering, a cover (for operimentum), Varr. L. L. 5, § 72 Müll.

ŏperto, āre, v. freq. a. [operio], to cover (ante-class.): opertat saepe opertit, Fest. p. 191 Müll.; Enn. ap. Non. 223, 30 (Ann. v. 500 Vahl.): continuo operta denuo, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 75 Fleck. (Ritschl, operi).

ŏpertōrĭum, ii, n. [operio].

  1. I. In gen., a cover (post-Aug.), Sen. Ep. 87, 2; Vulg. Exod. 36, 19.
    Trop.: peccati, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 7, § 31; id. Cant. Cantic. 3, § 2.
  2. II. In partic.
      1. 1. A garment, Vulg. Psa. 101, 27.
      2. 2. A grave (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 3, 12.

ŏpertum, i, n., v. operio fin.

1. ŏpertus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from operio.

2. ŏpertus, ūs, m. [operio], a covering (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 310, 15; Macr. S. 7, 9, 26.

ŏpĕrūla, ae, f. dim. [opera],

  1. I. a little trouble, slight service (post-class.), Dig. 50, 14, 3.
  2. II. Transf., earnings, gain (postclass.): operulas merere, App. M. 1, p. 105, 31.

ŏpes, opum, v. ops.

opetis, is, f., a plant, called also aristolochia, App. Herb. 19.

Ŏpĭconsīva or Ŏpĕconsīva, ōrum, n., the festival of Ops Consivia, celebrated on the 25th of August: Opeconsiva dies ab deā Ope Consivia, quojus in Regiā sacrarium, Varr. L. L. 6, § 21 Müll.; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 396 and 311.

Ŏpīmĭus (old orthog. Ŏpēīmĭus, Eckh. D. N. 5, p. 264), i, m., Ŏpīmĭa, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens.

    1. 1. L. Opimius, consul A. U. C. 633, Cic. Brut. 83, 287; id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.
    2. 2. Q. Opimius, consul A. U. C. 600, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277.
      In fem.: Opimia, a Vestal, Liv. 22, 57.
      Hence, adj.
  1. A. Ŏpī-mĭus, a, um, of or belonging to an Opimius: basilica Opimia, Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 156.
  2. B. Ŏpīmĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to an Opimius, Opimian: Opimianum vinum; and absol. as subst.: Ŏpīmĭānum, i, n., very celebrated wine of the vintage of A. U. C. 633, when Opimius was consul, Mart. 3, 82, 24; 9, 87, 1; 10, 49, 2; Petr. 34; cf. Cic. Brut. 83, 287; Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55; 14, 14, 16, § 94.