opus

Meaning

1. (declension-3, neuter) work, labor, accomplishment
2. (declension-3, neuter) workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.)
3. (declension-3, neuter) need, necessity
4. (declension-3, neuter) art, skill (when in the ablative)
5. (Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3, neuter) work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work
6. (declension-3, neuter) extent
7. (declension-3, neuter) masonry, construction technique, construction material

Concepts

work

imperative

labour

building

deed

effort

executions

feat

accomplishment

labor

necessity

need

performance

product

realisation

trouble

job

achievement

attainment

Synonyms

labora

opera

labor

necessitas

factum

moles

aedificium

necessitās

fructus

poena

adeptio

Translations

arbeid

trabalho

travail

lavoro

iş

werk

ked

erk

şuxl

îş

wezîfe

kar

Werk

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɔ.pʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *opos, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”), whence also ops and omnis. Cognates include Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work, action”).