officium

officium ī, n

for opificium, opus+2 FAC-, a service, kindness, favor, courtesy : pro recentibus Gallici belli officiis, help given in , Cs.: summo officio praeditus homo, exceedingly obliging : officio te certasse priorem, V.: Officiis dilecta suis, loved for her kindly services , O.— A ceremonial observance, ceremony, attendance : officium cras mihi peragendum, a ceremonial visit , Iu.: tempus per officiorum ambitum transigunt, Ta.— An obligatory service, obligation, duty, function, part, office : patris, T.: functus officio, L.: in deos hominesque fungi officiis, L.: a pueris nullo officio adsuefacti, Cs.: vita cum officio coniuncta: amicitiae: satisfacere officio, perform : officium suum deserere, neglect : de officio decedis: in officio manere, Cs.: offici neglegentior.— An official duty, service, employment, business, work : officia inter se partiuntur, Cs.: maritimum, naval service , Cs.: fama aucti officii, i. e. of extending his authority , Ta.— A sense of duty, dutifulness, conscience : quicquidin eum iudici officique contuleris: utrum apud eos officium valeret, Cs.