opus
Pronunciation: [ˈɔ.pʊs]
“opus” is a Latin word. Its 7 meanings in English:
noun
- work, labor, accomplishment
- workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.)
- need, necessity
- art, skill (when in the ablative)
- work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work
- extent
- masonry, construction technique, construction material
In Latin
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”).
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