Ops

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ŏps, Ŏpis (nom. sing. Opis, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 52; Hyg. Fab. 130), f. [a personification of 1. ops],

the goddess of plenty , riches , and power , the wife of Saturn , and the patroness of husbandry; identical with Terra: Jovi . . . Ope gnato, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57; 64 Müll.; Enn. ap. Lact. 1, 14 (Euhem. n. 3 and 4, pp. 169 and 170 Vahl.); Macr. S. 1, 10; Cic. Univ. 11; id. Phil. 1, 7, 17; Ov. M. 9, 498.

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