Opus

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Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Ὀποῦς,

I a town of Locris , in Greece , now Kardhenitza , Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,

II Ŏpūn-tĭus , a, um, adj., Opuntian : sinus, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27: Philodamus, of Opus , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus , the Opuntians , Liv. 28, 6 fin.

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