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ŏpācĭtas, ātis, f [opacus], shadiness, shade (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 17; amoena, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 197; noctium, id. 2, 11, 8, § 52: ramorum, id. 17, 1, 1, § 5: arborum, Tac. A. 11, 3.

ŏpāco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [onyx], to cover with shade, to shade (class.; syn.: obscuro, obumbro).

  1. I. Lit.; platanus ad opacandum hunc locum patulis est diffusa ramis, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28, cf. id. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4: ubi pinguem dives opacat Ramus humum, Verg. A. 6, 195: humum taxus opacat, Luc. 6, 645: (sol terras) modo his modo illis ex partibus opacat, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.
    1. B. Transf., to cover (poet.): opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll.: opacat tempora pinus, Sil. 13, 331.
  2. * II. Trop., to darken, obscure, Aug. Mor. Eccl. Cath. 1, 2.

ŏpācus, a, um, adj.

  1. I. In the shade, shaded, shady (class.): opaca vocantur umbrosa, Fest. p. 185 Müll.: ripa, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: frigus, shady coolness, cool shade, Verg. E. 1, 53: vallis, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5.
    Comp.: locus umbrā opacior, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25.
    Sup.: opacissima nemorum pascua, Col. 6, 22.
    Neutr. absol.: colores, qui in opaco clarius micant, in the shade, Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43.
    So in plur. with gen.: per opaca locorum, through shady places, Verg. A. 2, 725; 6, 633.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Darkened as if by shades, dark, obscure (poet. and in post-class. prose): nox, Verg. A. 4, 123: domus Cyclopis, id. ib. 3, 619: nubes, Ov. A. A. 2, 619: mater, i. e. the earth, id. M. 2, 274: crepuscula, in the lower regions, id. ib. 14, 122: vetustas, Gell. 10, 3, 15: mons, Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 14.
      2. * 2. Bushy, thick: barba, Cat. 37, 19.
  2. II. That gives or casts a shade, shady (poet.): nemus, Verg. A. 8, 107: ilex, id. ib. 11, 851: herba, Ov. M. 3, 438.

Ŏpālĭa, ium, n., a festival celebrated on the 19th of December, in honor of the goddess Ops, Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; cf.: Opalia dies festi, quibus supplicatur Opi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 185 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 10.

Ŏpālis, e, adj. [2. Ops], of or belonging to Ops: Opale sacrum, i. e. the Opalia (v. Opalia), Aus. Ecl. Fer. Rom. 15 (al. Opis ante sacrum).

ŏpălus, i, m., a precious stone, opal, Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80; Isid. Orig. 16, 12.

‡ 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.

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 commemorant … ego 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.

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.

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.

ŏpĕrōsē, adv., v. operosus fin.

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.

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.

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.

‡ Ophellĭus, ii, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 463, 2.

Ŏpheltes, ae, m., = Ὀφέλτης, a proper name.

  1. I. Son of Lycurgus, king of Thrace, Stat. Th. 5, 538.
  2. II. A Trojan warrior, father of Euryalus, Verg. A. 9, 201.
  3. III. One of the Etruscan seamen, Ov. M. 3, 605.
  4. IV. A Cyzicene, Val. Fl. 3, 198.

ŏphĕostăphylē, ēs, f., v. ophiostaphyle.

† ŏphĭostăphylē (ŏphĕos-), ēs, f., = ὀφιοσταφυλη (snake-grape), a kind of caper-bush: quidam id cynosbaton vocant, alii ophiostaphylen, Plin. 13, 23, 44, § 127.

† Ŏphĭăca, ōrum, n. plur., = τὰ Ὀφιακά, poems or treatises on serpents, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 258.

Ōphĭăs, ădis, f., the daughter of Ophius, Ov. M. 7, 383.

ŏphĭcardēlos or -us, i, m., a precious stone, otherwise unknown; perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 65, § 177.

Ŏphĭci, ōrum, m. [ὄφεις], of or belonging to snakes, Snake-men, an old name of the Capuans (because their territory abounded in snakes), Serv. Verg. A. 7, 730.

† ŏphĭdĭon, ii, n., = ὀφίδιον (little snake), a fish resembling the conger, Plin. 32, 9, 35, § 109; 32, 11, 53, § 149.

Ŏphĭŏgĕnes, um, m., = Ὀφιογενεῖς, a people of Asia Minor, who cured snakebites, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 894 P.; Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 13; 28, 3, 6, § 30.

ŏphĭŏmăchus, i, m., = ὀφιομάχος (fighting with serpents); hence, a kind of locust, Vulg. Lev. 11, 22.

† 1. ŏphīon, ŏnis, m., = ὀφίων, a fabulous animal of Sardinia, Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 151; 30, 15, 52, § 146.

2. Ŏphīon, ŏnis, m., = Ὀφίων, a proper name.

  1. I. One of the giants, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 348.
  2. II. One of the companions of Cadmus; hence, Ŏphīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ophion; poet. for Theban: Ophionia caedes, i. e. of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 483.
  3. III. The father of Amycus, the Centaur; hence, Ŏphīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Ophion, the Ophionide, of Amycus, Ov. M. 12, 245.

Ŏphĭŏphăgi, ōrum, m., = Ὀφιοφάγοι, snake-eaters, a people of Africa, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 169; Mel. 3, 8, 8; Sol. 33, 17.

† ŏphĭostaphylon, i, n., = ὀφιοστάφυλον, i. q. vitis alba, the white vine, white bryony: vitis alba est, quam Graeci ampeloleucen, alii ophiostaphylon … appellant, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 21 (dub.; Jahn, staphylen).

Ophir, indecl. (= [??]), a region in Southern Arabia, Vulg. 3 Reg. 9, 28; id. 1 Par. 29, 4.
Hence, Ophirius, a, um, of or from Ophir, Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193.

† Ŏphītae, ārum, m., = Ὀφῖται, Snakeworshippers, a sect so called, Isid. Orig. 8, 5; Tert. Praescr. 47.

† 1. ŏphītes, ae, m., = ὀφίτης (snakestone), a kind of marble spotted like a snake, serpentine-stone: ophites serpentium maculis similis, unde et nomen accepit, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55; 36, 22, 43, § 158; Mart. 6, 42, 15; Luc. 9, 714.

2. Ŏphītes, ae, m., = Ὀφίτης, a son of Hercules, Hyg. Fab. 32.

† ŏphītis, ĭdis, f., = ὀφῖτις, for 1. ophites.

† Ŏphĭūchus, i, m., = Ὀφιοῦχος, the Serpent-holder, a constellation: quem claro perhibent Ophiuchum nomine Graii, Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 109 ex Arat.; Manil. 1, 331.

† 1. ŏphĭūsa or ŏphĭussa, ae, f., = ὀφιοῦσα or ὀφιοῦσσα, a magical herb growing on the island of Elephantine, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 163.

† 2. Ŏphĭūsa or Ŏphĭussa, ae, f., = Ὀφιοῦσα (-οῦσσα)

  1. I. An ancient name of Cyprus, whence Ŏphĭūsĭus, a, um, Cyprian: arva, Ov. M. 10. 229.
  2. II. The name of several islands, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 78; 5, 31, 36, § 132; 4, 12, 20, § 61; 5, 32, 44, § 151.
  3. III. A town in Pontus, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82.

Ŏphĭūsĭus, v. 2. Ophiusa, I.

† ŏphrys, yos, f., = ὀφρύς, a plant with two leaves, twiblade, bifoil, Plin. 26, 15, 93, n. 2, § 164.

ophthalmĭa, ae, f., = ὀφθαλμία, an inflammation of the eye, Boëth. ex Arist. Topic. 3, p. 689.

† ŏphthalmĭas, ae, m., = ὀφθαλμίας, a fish (in pure Lat. oculata), Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 70.

† ŏphthalmĭcus, i, m., = ὀφθαλμικός, an oculist (post-Aug.), Mart. 8, 74, 1.

‡ ŏpĭcerda or ŏvĭcerda, ae, f., sheep’s dung, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. sucerda, p. 302 Müll. dub.

Osci, ōrum, m.,

  1. I. the Oscans, a primitive people of Campania; in more ancient times called also Opici and Opsci (Obsci), Verg. A. 7, 730; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll.
    Hence,
  2. II. Oscus, a, um, adj., Oscan: ludi, Cic. Fam. 7, 1: lingua, Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 730; Liv. 10, 20, 8: ludicrum, Tac. A. 4, 14.
    Adv.: Oscē, in Oscan: qui Osce et Volsce fabulantur: nam Latine nesciunt, Titin. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll.: dicere aliquid, Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.: scire, Gell. 17, 17, 1.

ŏpĭcillum, i, n. dim. [ops], a little help (ante-class.): in uxorculae opicillum, Varr. ap. Non. 83, 25.

ŏpĭcus, a, um, adj. [a fuller form for Opsus, Obscus, and Oscus, lit. Oscan; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll.; hence, transf.], clownish, rude, stupid, ignorant, foolish (not in Cic.): (Graeci) nos quoque dictitant barbaros et spurcius nos quam alios opicos appellatione foedant, M. Cato ap. Plin. 29, 1, 7, § 14: ut nostri opici putaverunt, Gell. 13, 9, 4: chartae, rough, coarse, unpolished, Aus. Prof. 22: amica, Juv. 6, 454: opici mures, barbarians of mice, that gnaw books, id. 3, 207.

opĭdum, i, n., v. oppidum.

ŏpĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [ops-fero], aidbringing, helping (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): deus, Ov. M. 15, 653: FORTVNA, Inscr. Orell. 1753.
Of things: folia, Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 64: fidem opiferam sociūm advocant, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 14 (p. 109, v. 165 Vahl.).

ŏpĭfex, ĭcis, comm. [opus-facio], one who does a work.

  1. I. Lit., a worker, maker, framer, fabricator (class.; cf.: faber, artifex. operarius).
    1. A. In gen.: opifex aedificatorque mundi deus, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: rerum or aeternus, Col. 3, 10, 10; cf.: opifex natura, Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 1: calor, Lact. 2, 9, 22: sylvestres apes, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.
    2. B. In partic., a workman, mechanic, artist, artisan, etc.: opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; cf. id. N. D. 2, 60, 150; id. Fl. 8, 18; id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: opifices atque servitia, Sall. C. 50, 1: hoc (instrumento) ego non artem credo egere, sed artificem, Quint. 2, 21, 24.
  2. II. Trop.: verborum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34: dicens esse rhetoricen persuadendi opificem, id est πειθοῦς δημιουργόν, Quint. 2, 15, 4.
    Poet. with inf.: mire opifex … marem strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae, Pers. 6, 3.

offĭcīna, ae, f. [contr. from opificina, from opifex; the uncontracted prim. form, opĭfĭcīna, is still found in Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 7, and Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 3, 83 fin. Mai], a workshop, manufactory (class.; cf. fabrica).

  1. I. Lit.: nec enim quicquam ingenuum potest habere officina, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: instituit officinam Syracusis in regiā maximam, id. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54: armorum, a manufactory of arms, Caes. B. C. 1, 34; Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13; Nep. Ages. 3, 2; for which, ferraria, Auct. B. Afr. 20: aerariorum, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23: fullonum, id. 35, 11, 40, § 143: pictoris, id. ib.: plastarum, id. 35, 12, 45, § 155: tingentium, id. 9, 38, 62, § 133: tonstrinarum, id. 36, 22, 47, § 165 al.: promercalium vestium, a shop in which garments are made for sale, Suet. Gram. 23: cetariorum, a place where fish are salted, Col. 8, 17: officina monetae, Liv. 6, 20: dum graves Cyclopum Volcanus ardens urit officinas, Hor. C. 1, 4, 8.
      1. 2. In partic., in econom. lang. = ornithon, a place where fowls are kept, in order to lay their eggs and hatch their young, a poultry-house or yard, Col. 8, 3, 4.
    1. B. Transf., a making, formation: in magnis corporibus facilis officina sequaci materia fuit, Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2.
  2. II. Trop., a workshop, manufactory, laboratory: mathematici, poëtae, musici, medici denique ex hac tamquam omnium artium officinā profecti sunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 3, 7: falsorum commentariorum, et chirographorum officina, id. Phil. 2, 14, 35: nequitiae, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: dicendi, id. Brut. 8, 32: sapientiae, id. Leg. 1, 13, 36: spirandi pulmo, Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188: rhetoris, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 57: ex rhetorum officinis, id. Or. 3, 12: domus ejus officina eloquentiae habita est, id. ib. 13, 40: corruptelarum omnis generis, Liv. 39, 11, 6; cf. 39, 8, 7: crudelitatis, Val. Max. 3, 1, 2: humanarum calamitatium, Sen. Contr. 5, 33, 2.

ŏpĭfĭcīna, ae, f., v. officina init.

ŏpĭfĭcĭum, ii, n. [opifex], a working, the doing of a work, a work (ante- and post-class), Varr. R. R. 3, 16: in opificiis opera, App. Flor. n. 9.

Ŏpĭgĕna, ae, f. [Ops-gigno], the midwife, an epithet of Juno, as the tutelar goddess of lying-in women, Mart. Cap. 2, § 149; cf.: Opigenam Junonem matronae colebant, quod ferre eam opem in partu laborantibus credebant, Fest. p. 200 Müll.

ōpĭlĭo and ūpĭlĭo, ōnis, m. [for ovilio, from ovis],

  1. I. a shepherd: etiam opilio, qui pascit alienas oves, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 36.
    Form upilio, Verg. E. 10, 19; Col. 7, 3, 13; Dig. 32, 1, 60; Vulg. Gen. 38, 12.
  2. II. A kind of bird, otherwise unknown, Fest. p. 191 Müll.

Opĭlĭus, i, m., a Roman surname.

  1. I. Aurelius Opilius, a grammarian and author, Suet. Gram. 6.
  2. II. Another Aurelius Opilius, a physician, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.
  3. III. M. Opilius Severus Macrinus, emperor of Rome, A. D. 218, Eutr. 8, 21.

ŏpīmus, a, um, adj. [ob, and obsolete pimo, to swell, make fat; akin to Gr. πίων, πιμελή; cf. pinguis], fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.

  1. I. Lit.: regio opima et fertilis, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: campus, Liv. 31, 41: arva, Verg. A. 2, 782: Larissa, Hor. C. 1, 7, 11: vitis, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.
    Of living beings: boves, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100: victima, Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49: habitus corporis, Cic. Brut. 16, 64: stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis, of fat cattle, Val. Fl. 6, 613.
    Comp.: membra opimiora, Gell. 5, 14, 25.
    Sup.: boves septem opimissimos, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Enriched, rich: opimus praedā, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132: accusatio, enriching, gainful, id. Fl. 33, 81: alterius macrescit rebus opimis, i. e. prosperity, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57: cadavera, from which their spoilers enrich themselves, Val. Fl. 3, 143: opus opimum casibus, rich in events, Tac. H. 1, 2.
    2. B. In gen., rich, abundant, copious, sumptuous, noble, splendid: dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18: divitiae, id. Capt. 2, 2, 31: opima praeclaraque praeda, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: dapes, Verg. A. 3, 224: quaestus, Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142: palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181: animam exhalare opimam, victorious, Juv. 10, 281.
      So esp.: opima spolia, the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general, the spoils of honor, Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.: aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur, Verg. A. 6, 856.
      Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy’s general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.: opimum belli decus, honorable, high, noble, Curt. 7, 4, 40: triumphus, Hor. C. 4, 4, 51: gloria, Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin.
      As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.
    3. C. In rhet., gross, overloaded: opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus, Cic. Or. 8, 25: Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur, Gell. 17, 10, 8.
      Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.): instructa domus opime atque opipare, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.

ŏpīmātus, a, um, P. a., v. opimo fin.

ŏpīmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [opimus], to fatten, make fat (post-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: turtures, Col. 8, 7, 5; 8, 9, 2.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Of the soil, to make fruitful, to fertilize: terram, App. de Mundo, p. 68, 6.
      2. 2. To enrich, to make rich or abundant, to fill, load: auctumnum, Pomona, tuum September opimat, Aus. Ecl. de Mensib. 9.
  2. II. Trop., to honor, glorify: numina victimis, Mart. Cap. poët. 9, § 914.
    1. B. To enrich, Aus. Ep. 15, 1.
      Hence, ŏpīmātus, a, um, P. a., fat (post-class.): abdomen, Aus. Idyll. 10, 105.

ŏpīmē, adv., v. opimus fin.

Ŏpīmĭānus, a, um, v. Opimius, B.

ŏpīmĭtas, ātis, f. [opimus], plentifulness, abundance, prosperity (ante- and postclass.): opimitates maximae, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 2; id. As. 2, 2, 16: praedarum, Amm. 19, 11.

ŏpīnābĭlis, e, adj. [opinor], that rests on opinion or conjecture; conjectural, imaginary (class.): hanc omnem partem rerum opinabilem appellabant, Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31; cited ap. Non. 148, 26: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: mediocritates, id. Tusc. 3, 31, 74 (opp. naturales): amor (opp. naturalis), Gell. 12, 1, 23.

ŏpīnātĭo, ōnis, f. [opinor], a supposing, opining; a supposition, conjecture, imagination, fancy, opinion, belief (class.): opinationem volunt esse imbecillam assensionem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15; id. Ac. 2, 25, 78: haec autem opinatio est judicatio se scire, quod nesciat, id. Tusc. 4, 11, 26; cf. the context: mordax et inepta, Val. Max. 1, 8, 8: (Tullius) quid super tali opinatione sentiret, Arn. 3, 6.

ŏpīnātor, ōris, m. [opinor].

  1. * I. A supposer, conjecturer: ego vero ipse et magnus quidam sum opinator, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.
  2. II. Under the emperors, one who collected the tribute-corn in the provinces for the army, Cod. Just. 12, 38, 11; cf. Cod. Th. 7, 4, 26; 11, 7, 16.

1. ŏpīnātus, a, um, P. a., v. opinor fin.

* 2. ŏpīnātus, ūs, m. [opinor], opinion, supposition, imagination: propter opinatus animi, Lucr. 4, 465.

ŏpīnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. ὄσσεσθαι; root οπ-], to be of opinion, to suppose, imagine, conjecture, deem, believe, think, judge (freq. and class.; syn.: arbitror, reor, censeo, sentio, credo); constr. with acc., an obj.-clause, with de, or absol.: aliquid, Cic. Mur. 30, 62: quoad opinatus sum, me in provinciam exiturum, etc., id. Fam. 7, 17, 2: de vobis hic ordo opinatur non secus ac, etc., think, id. Pis. 20, 45: male de Caesare, to have a bad opinion of, to think ill of, Suet. Aug. 51: servus gravissime de se opinans, id. ib. 67: de rege durius, Just. 12, 5, 8.
Parenthet.: opinor or ut opinor, as I think, as I believe, according to my opinion: Dem. Per mare ut vectu’s, nunc oculi terram mirantur tui. Char. Magis opinor, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35: Cepius, opinor, olim: non omnibus dormio, Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1: sed, opinor, quiescamus, id. Att. 9, 6, 2: a primo, ut opinor, animantium ortu petitur origo summi boni, id. Fin. 2, 10, 31: opinor concedes, multo hoc esse gravius, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 54; so Hor. S. 1, 3, 53; id. Ep. 1, 16, 78.
Note:

    1. 1. Act. collat. form ŏpīno (anteclass.): ita sapere opino esse optimum, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 5 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.); so Pac. Caecil. and Plaut. ib.
    2. 2. ŏpīnā-tus, a, um, in pass. signif. as P. a., supposed, imagined, fancied (class.): bona, mala, Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11; 3, 11, 24: interdicta est mathematicorum callida impostura, et opinatae artis persuasio, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 1.
      Post-class., celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous: certamen, Amm. 21, 6, 3.
      Sup.: opinatissima insula, Flor. 2, 7, 8 dub.: civitas, Vulg. Judith, 2, 13.

ŏpīnĭo, ōnis, f. [opinor], opinion, supposition, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief (class.).

  1. I. In gen.: apud homines barbaros opinio plus valet saepe, quam res ipsa, Cic. Fragm. Scaur. 7: est ergo aegritudo opinio recens mali praesentis … laetitia opinio recens boni praesentis … metus opinio impendentis mali … lubido opinio venturi boni, etc., id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 4, 11, 26: magna nobis pueris opinio fuit, L. Crassum non plus attigisse doctrinae, quam, id. de Or. 2, 1, 1: ut opinio mea est, as I suppose, as I believe, id. Fam. 9, 11, 1: ut opinio mea fert, as I believe, id. Font. 13, 39: mea fert opinio, ut, etc., Dig. 24, 1, 32: cujus opinionis etiam Cornelius Celsus est, Celsus also is of this opinion, Col. 2, 12, 6: Romulus habuit opinionem esse, etc., held the belief that, Cic. Div. 2, 33, 70: fuisse in illa populari opinione, to be of an opinion, id. Clu. 51, 142.
    More rarely: alicujus opinionis esse, Col. 2, 12, 6: in eādem opinione fui … te venturum esse, Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 3: in quā me opinione sine causā esse, ne quis credat, Liv. 44, 38, 4: fuerunt in hac opinione non pauci, ut, etc., Quint. 3, 3, 11; cf. id. 4, 1, 28: cum etiam philosophi Stoicae disciplinae in eādem sint opinione, ut censeant, etc., Lact. 2, 5, 7; 3, 8, 32: cui opinioni nos quoque accedimus, Quint. 2, 15, 29: ipse eorum opinionibus accedo, qui, etc., Tac. G. 4: adducere aliquem in eam opinionem, ut, to make one believe, Cic. Caecin. 5, 13: Pisidae in opinionem adducuntur perfugas fecisse, ut, etc., Nep. Dat. 6, 6: praebere opinionem timoris, to convey the impression, occasion the belief that one is afraid, Caes. B. G. 3, 17: afferre alicui, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: incidere in opinionem, to fall into the belief, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1: in opinionem discedere, to come to the opinion, Cic. Fam. 6, 14, 2: opinione duci, to be led by one’s belief, id. Mur. 30, 62: contra (praeter) opinionem, contrary to one’s expectation: dicere contra opiniones omnium, id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45: etsi praeter opinionem res ceciderat, Nep. Milt. 2, 5.
    With comp.: opinione citius, quicker than had been supposed, Varr. ap. Non. 356, 27: istuc curavi, ut opinione illius pulcrior sis, handsomer than he imagines, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 23: opinione melius res tibi habet tua, si, etc., id. Cas. 2, 5, 30: opinione celerius, Cic. Fam. 14, 23.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. The repute of a man, the esteem, reputation in which others hold him, the opinion, estimate, expectation formed of him.
        1. a. In gen.: opinione fortasse nonnullā, quam de meis moribus habebat, Cic. Lael. 9, 30: integritatis meae, id. Att. 7, 2, 5: non fallam opinionem tuam, id. Fam. 1, 6, 2: genus scriptorum tuorum vicit opinionem meam, exceeded my expectation, id. ib. 5, 12, 1: venit in eam opinionem Cassius, ipsum finxisse bellum, Cassius fell under suspicion of having, was believed to have, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2: summam habere justitiae opinionem. Caes. B. G. 6, 24; 7, 59: quorum de justitiā magna esset opinio multitudinis, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42: (Porus) bellum jampridem, auditā Alexandri opinione, in adventum ejus parabat, Just. 12, 8, 2.
        2. b. Absol., reputation: ne opinio quidem et fama, cui soli serviunt (poëtae), etc., Tac. Dial. 10 init.: cupidi opinionis, Quint. 12, 9, 4: affert et ista res opinionem, id. 2, 12, 5.
        3. c. Bad repute, reputation for evil: malignitatis opinionem vereri, Tac. Dial. 15: invidiae et ingrati animi, Liv. 45, 38, 6.
    2. B. A report, rumor: divulgatā opinione tam gloriosae expeditionis, Just. 42, 2, 11: quae opinio erat edita in vulgus, Caes. B. C. 3, 29, 3: exiit opinio, proximo lustro descensurum eum ad Olympia, Suet. Ner. 53: opinio etiam sine auctore exierat, eos conspirasse, etc., Liv. 3, 36, 9: opinionem serere, to spread a report, Just. 8, 3, 8: opiniones bellorum, Vulg. Matt. 24, 6; id. Marc. 13, 7.

ŏpīnĭōsus, a, um, adj. [opinio], fixed or set in opinion (rare): Antipater et Archidemus opiniosissimi homines, * Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 143 dub.; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 35.

ŏpīnĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [opinio], a slight opinion (late Lat.): tenuis opiniuncula, Salv. Avarit. 5.

ŏpīno, āre, v. opinor fin.

ŏpīnus, a, um, v. necopinus and inopinus.

ŏpĭum or -on, i, n., = ὄπιον, poppyjuice, opium, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 199; 25, 10, 81, § 130.

ŏpĭpărē, adv., v. opiparus fin.

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