opera

opera ae, f

opus, service, pains, exertion, effort, work, labor : operam abutitur, qui, etc., wastes labor , T.: frustra operam sumo, take pains , T.: res multae operae, Cs.: operam exigere: praebere amicis:in eā (arte) plus operae consumere, bestow upon : impendere: polliceri, S.: insumere, L.: interponere, employ : quorum operā interfectus, by whose agency , Cs.: exstabit opera peregrinationis huius, i. e. literary activity.—A service, rendering of service : esse in operis eius societatis, in the service of the society : qui operas in scripturā pro magistro dat, serves as director : musis operas reddere, serve .—In the phrase, operam dare, to bestow care, take pains, give attention, serve, exert oneself : id dare operam, qui istum amoveas, T.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque (i. e. student), Enn. ap. C.: dare operam funeri, attend : sermoni, listen : dilectu dat operam, is busied in , L.: dabat operam, ut Dumnorigem contineret, Cs.: dent operam consules, ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat, Cs.: id scire, T.—In the phrase, meā operā, through my means, by my agency : Non meā operā neque culpā evenit, T.: meā operā Q. Tarentum recepisti.—In the phrase, operae pretium, something worth the effort.—Leisure, spare time : de versibus, deest mihi quidem opera, I have no leisure : quae non operae est referre, it is not worth while , L.: si operae illi esset, if he had time , L.— A day-laborer, journeyman, laborer, workman, artisan : nona, a ninth laborer (on a farm), H.: operae facessant: publice coactis operis: contentio cum operis conductis ad, etc., rabble hired .