work (v.) Copy link Outline I. Intrans.1. ŏpĕror, 1, dep.2. lăbōro, 13. ēlăbōro (to w. thoroughly)II. Trans.1. exerceo, ui, ĭtum, 2 (to keep in constant w. or stir)2. exercĭto, 1 (chiefly in pass. part.)3. ăgĭto, 1 (to shake)4. sŭbīgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to stir up, esp. of soil)5. cŏlo, ui, cultum, 3 (to till)6. tracto, 1 (to w. this way and that, to handle)7. fingo, nxi, ctum, 38. fabrĭcor, 1 (to w. in hard substances)9. mōlior, ītus, 4 (to set in motion with effort)10. effīcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to effect)11. admĭnistro, 1 (to manage) • work (v.): I. Intrans.: 1. ŏpĕror, 1, dep.: the older bees w. within, seniores apes intus operantur, Plin. 11, 10, 10: the youth w.ing in the new fields, arvis novis operata juventus, Virg. Aen. 3, 136: some woman w.ing at the web, aliqua textis operata, Tib. 2, 1, 65. 2. lăbōro, 1: as long as they understood that they were sowing, spending, and w.ing for themselves and not for Verres, quamdiu intelligebant sese sibi, non Verri, serere, impendere, laborare, Cic. Verr. 3, 52, 121: with acc. of the task w.'d at: I w. at my task, pensa laboro, Prop. 4, 3, 33. 3. ēlăbōro (to w. thoroughly): I am bound to w. for this that my countrymen may be more learned, debeo in eo elaborare ut sint doctiores cives mei, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 10. Phr.: the bees w. within, apes intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16: I have engaged to w. to-day for three sesterces, ego operam meam tribus nummis hodie locavi: the phrr. with "operam" seem more used in classical Latin than the verb "operor": v. work (subs.). For w. meaning ferment: v. to ferment. II. Trans.: 1. exerceo, ui, ĭtum, 2 (to keep in constant w. or stir): to collect and w. troops, copias cogere, exercere, Caes. B. G. 5, 55: the body must be w.'d, exercendum corpus, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 79: I'll w. you to-day as you deserve, ego te exercebo hodie ut dignus es, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48: they w. the hills with the plough-share, exercent vomere colles, Virg. Aen. 7, 798: fields or mines for the w.ing of which we may be reserved, arva aut metalla quibus exercendis reservemur, Tac. Agr. 31. 2. exercĭto, 1 (chiefly in pass. part.): the mind stirred and w.'d with cares, curis agitatus et exercitatus animus, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 28. 3. ăgĭto, 1 (to shake): to be w.'d and stirred by the violence of the winds, ventorum vi agitari atque turbari, Cic. Clu. 49, 138: to be w.'d and terrified by the fires of the Furies, agitari et perterreri Furiarum taedis ardentibus, id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67. 4. sŭbīgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to stir up, esp. of soil): practised in w.ing the soil, glebis subigendis exercitati, Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84: let him put the meal into a mortar, add water gradually, and w. it well, farinam in mortarium indito, aquae paullatim addito, subigitoque pulcre, Cato R. R. 74. 5. cŏlo, ui, cultum, 3 (to till): it is not all fields that are w.'d that bear fruit, agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13. 6. tracto, 1 (to w. this way and that, to handle): the wax w.'d by the thumb is moulded into many shapes, cera tractata pollice multas flectitur in facies, Ov. M. 10, 285: to w. the helm of state, tractare gubernacula reipublicae, Cic. Sest. 9, 20. 7. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3: to w. in wax, fingere e cera, Cic. Verr. 4, 13, 30. 8. fabrĭcor, 1 (to w. in hard substances): those who w. statues, ii qui signa fabricantur, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147: cups w.'d out of beechwood, fabricata fago pocula, Ov. M. 8, 669: images wrought of gold, simulacra ex auro fabricata, Suet. Ner. 32. 9. mōlior, ītus, 4 (to set in motion with effort): the husbandman having w.'d the soil with the curved plough, agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro, Virg. G. 1, 494: these feelings chiefly are to be w.'d in the minds of the judges by our speaking, haec maxime sunt in judicum animis oratione molienda, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206. 10. effīcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to effect): fortune w.s great changes by small forces, fortuna parvis momentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit, Caes. B. C. 3, 68: v. to effect, to produce. 11. admĭnistro, 1 (to manage): to w. a ship, administrare navem, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: v. to manage. Phr.: to w. vigorously and diligently on a thing, in aliqua re acriter et diligenter versari, Cic. Rep. 1. 22, 35: whatever can be w.'d out or effected, quidquid elaborari aut effici poterit, id. Fam. 9, 16, 2: to w. up: perficere: to w. up skins, wool, coria, lanas p., Plin.; to w. one's way through: penetrare, perfodere (to dig through): to w. one's way up to power, ad summas emergere opes, Lucr. 2, 13: I have seen many w. their way out (from profligacy) to virtue, multos vidi emersisse ad frugem bonam, Cic. Cael. 12, 28: to w. well (be useful, succeed): prodesse, provenire: if his design had w.'d well, si consilium provenisset, Tac. H. 3, 41.