opera

Etymology 1
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1)  A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
 * 2)  The score for such a work.
 * 3) A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
 * 4) A company dedicated to performing such works.
 * 5)  Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
 * 1)  Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.

Etymology 2
From, plural of.

Noun

 * 1) ; a collection of work.

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  theatrical work, score
 * 2)  score
 * 3)  building

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , plural of.

Noun

 * 1) opera

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) of or relating to

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1)   a theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance
 * , opera house building designed for the performance of such works
 * , opera house building designed for the performance of such works

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) work
 * 2) means, help, services
 * 3)  opus
 * 4) institution, institute, society
 * 1)  opus
 * 2) institution, institute, society
 * 1) institution, institute, society
 * 1) institution, institute, society

Noun

 * 1) work

Etymology
From, via reinterpretation of its nominative plural form as a feminine singular noun.

Noun

 * 1) work, exertion, effort
 * 2) service
 * 3) * 62 – 43 , Cicero, Epistulae ad familiārēs 13.9.3:
 * Cn. Pūpium, quī est in operīs eius societātis
 * Gnaeus Pupius, who is in the service of that association
 * 1) (especially with dō) care, attention bestowed on something (or someone, especially a teacher)
 * 2) with dative
 * 3)  with ad + accusative
 * 4) with ut/nē + subjunctive
 * 5) with the subjunctive alone
 * 6) * 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiārēs 10.21.6:
 * Ut exercitum locīs habeam opportūnīs, prōvinciam tuear, etiam sī ille exercitus descīerit, omniaque integra servem dabō operam, quoad exercitūs hōc summittātis parīque fēlīcitāte rem pūblicam hīc vindicētis.
 * I shall take care to keep the army in suitable locations, to protect my province even if that army defects, and to preserve the whole position uncompromised, until you send armies to my support and defend the commonwealth with just as much success.
 * 1)  with the infinitive
 * 2) (in the ablative and with possesive pronouns) one's fault, agency, doing
 * 3)  (in the ablative, with experior) one's own experience
 * 4)  (with ūnā or eādem) manner, way
 * 5) spare time for something (see )
 * 6) * c. 60 – 54 , Cicero, Epistulae ad Quīntum frātrem 3.4.4:
 * Dē versibus quōs tibi ā mē scrībī vīs, dēest mihi quidem opera sed abest etiam ἐνθουσιασμός, quī nōn modo tempus sed etiam animum vacuum ab omnī cūrā dēsīderat.
 * Regarding the verses which you want composed by me to you, I don't have the time, but the afflatus is absent too, which needs not only time but also a soul empty of every worry.
 * 1) a day's labour
 * 2)  day labourer, farmhand
 * 3) *  30, Horace, Satires 2.7.117–118:
 * Ōcius hinc tē nī rapis, accēdēs opera agrō nōna Sabīnō.
 * If you don't make off from here faster, you'll become the ninth farmhand on the Sabine field.
 * 1)  any kind of worker
 * 2)  hired aider, tool, rowdy
 * 3) deed, activity, effort
 * 4) handiwork
 * 1) * c. 60 – 54 , Cicero, Epistulae ad Quīntum frātrem 3.4.4:
 * Dē versibus quōs tibi ā mē scrībī vīs, dēest mihi quidem opera sed abest etiam ἐνθουσιασμός, quī nōn modo tempus sed etiam animum vacuum ab omnī cūrā dēsīderat.
 * Regarding the verses which you want composed by me to you, I don't have the time, but the afflatus is absent too, which needs not only time but also a soul empty of every worry.
 * 1) a day's labour
 * 2)  day labourer, farmhand
 * 3) *  30, Horace, Satires 2.7.117–118:
 * Ōcius hinc tē nī rapis, accēdēs opera agrō nōna Sabīnō.
 * If you don't make off from here faster, you'll become the ninth farmhand on the Sabine field.
 * 1)  any kind of worker
 * 2)  hired aider, tool, rowdy
 * 3) deed, activity, effort
 * 4) handiwork
 * 1)  hired aider, tool, rowdy
 * 2) deed, activity, effort
 * 3) handiwork
 * 1) handiwork
 * 1) handiwork

Usage notes
The word, in its “spare time” meaning, is frequently used in the ante-classic period, and especially by Plautus, in the locution operae esse, meaning 'to be worth the time'. Later on, it is characteristic of Livy's style and of the archaising tendencies of Silver Latin.

Descendants

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Noun

 * 1) opera

Noun

 * 1) opera

Etymology 1
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Verb

 * 1) to operate

Etymology 2
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Etymology
From (per ).

Noun

 * 1) an
 * 2) an

Etymology
From (per ).

Noun

 * 1) an
 * 2) an

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  opera house
 * 1)  opera house

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to operate

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) opera

Noun

 * 1) an ; a musical theatre play
 * 2) an opera house; an institution or building where opera is performed

Etymology 1
from. .

Noun

 * 1)  act of operating

Etymology 2
from, from , from. .

Etymology
From, , , , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) opera house
 * 1) opera house

Etymology
From.