ŏpĕro Copy link ⓘŏpĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plŏpĕrātē: adverbial • ŏpĕro, āvi, 1, v. a., post-class. collat. form of operor, q. v.
ŏpĕror Copy link Outline I. Lit.A. In gen.(a). Absol.(b). With dat., to bestow pains upon a thing; ...B. In partic., in relig. lang., to serve the gods ...II. Transf.1. To work, have effect, be effectual, ...2. Act.(a). To work, carry into effect, administer ...(b). To work, produce by working, causeA. ŏpĕrans, antis, P. a., active, efficient ...B. ŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a.1. Pass., performed, effected2. Act., efficacious, effective ⓘŏpĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plŏpĕrātē: adverbial • ŏpĕror (collat. form ŏpĕro, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 10, 33; Commod. 30, 14), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [opus], to work, labor, toil, take pains; to be busied (not in Cic. or Cæs.).— Constr. absol. or with dat. I. Lit. A. In gen. α. Absol.: seniores (apes) intus operantur, Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 21: servi, qui operari in agro consueverunt, Dig. 28, 5, 35. — β. With dat., to bestow pains upon a thing; to devote one's self to, be engaged in or occupied with a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): reipublicae, Liv. 4, 60, 2: conubiis arvisque novis operari, Verg. A. 3, 136: ornandis capillis, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 23: in cute curandā, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 29: textis Minervae, Tib 2, 1, 65: materiis caedendis, Tac. H. 5, 20: studiis litterarum, id. A. 3, 43: scholae, Quint. 10, 3, 13; Suet. Claud. 19: auditioni in scholis, Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11; Val. Max. 8, 7, 4 ext.: rebus domesticis, Col. 12, 4, 3: reipublicae, Dig. 48, 5, 15.— B. In partic., in relig. lang., to serve the gods, perform sacred rites, to honor or celebrate by sacrifices (for which: operam dare rebus divinis, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26): operari est deos religiose et cum summā veneratione sacrificiis litare, Non. 523, 9; Pompon. ap. Non. 523, 13: illum Dianae sanctum diem, Afran. ib. 14: sacra refer Cereri laetis operatus (= sacrificans) in herbis, Verg. G. 1, 339; cf.: Cynthia jam noctes est operata decem, Prop. 2, 33, 2 (3, 31, 2); and: mulier justis operata sacris, Hor C. 3, 14, 6: sacris, Liv. 1, 31, 8: superstitionibus, id. 10, 39, 2: viditque se operatum, et sanguine sacro respersa praetexta, Tac. A. 2, 14. Vesta, fave: tibi nunc operata resolvimus ora, the mouth devoted to thee, Ov. F. 6, 249: janua matutinis operatur festa lucernis, Juv. 12, 92.— II. Transf. 1. To work, have effect, be effectual, to be active, to operate (post-class.): nihil denique praetermitteret, quod ad crudelitatem videretur operari, to be effectual, Capitol. Maxim. 13: ad sui dispendium, to avail, Cod. Just. 5, 12, 7: venenum operatur, operates, Lampr. Commod. 17.— 2. Act. (eccl. Lat.) α. To work, carry into effect, administer: justi tiam, Lact. 6, 12, 38; 6, 13, 4; 6, 24, 4: scelus, Vulg. Lev. 20, 12: miracula, Ambros. in Luc. 4, § 47.— β. To work, produce by working, cause: in vobis sollicitudinem, Vulg. 2 Cor. 7, 11: mortem, id. ib. 7, 10: gloriae pondus, id. ib. 4, 17: opera, id. Joan. 9, 4.— Hence, A. ŏpĕrans, antis, P. a., active, efficient, effectual (post-Aug.): operantes apes spectare, Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.—Comp.: bonitas operantior, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 4.— Neutr. adv.: aridas vaporationes operantius mederi quam cataplasmata, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 89.—Sup.: clysteres adhibere operantissimos, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 39.— B. ŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a. 1. Pass., performed, effected (eccl. Lat.): tot charismata perperam operata, Tert. Praescr. 29.— 2. Act., efficacious, effective: fallaciae vis operatior, Tert. Anim. 57.
ŏpĕrō Copy link ⓘŏpĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plŏpĕrātē: adverbial • ŏpĕrō, āvī, ātum, āre, c. operor : Cassiod. Hist. eccl. 10, 33.
ŎPĔRO Copy link ⓘŏpĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plŏpĕrātē: adverbial ŎPĔRO ↗Open in new tab (opero)
operate Copy link Outline I. To act, exert power upon anythingII. In medicine, to perform an operation in surgeryIII. Also medical, to take effect (of medicine) • operate: I. To act, exert power upon anything: perh. mŏveo, impello. v. to influence. II. In medicine, to perform an operation in surgery: sĕco, ui, ctum, 1 (with the knife): no one before Marius is said to have been o.d on without being tied, (nemo) ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 55: to o. with actual cautery and knife, urere atque s., id. Ph. 8, 5, 15. Other phrr. are: manu curare, Cels. 7, init. (comprising the whole of surgery proper), scalpellum admovere (to employ the knife), ib. 7, 2, med.; or scalpellum adhibere, ib. 7, 20, init.; scalpello incidere (partem corporis), ib. 7, 4; aperire (to lay open with the knife), ib. 7, 19. (Various painful ways of operating are enumerated, Sen. Prov. 3, 2, radere ossa et legere, venas extrahere, membra amputare.) III. Also medical, to take effect (of medicine): expr. by făcio, effĭcax, prōsum: the mixture o.s exceedingly well, facit commode compositio, Col. 7, 5, med.: if the medicine have not o.d, *si minus medicamentum profuerit: the medicine has not o.d, *medicamentum nil profuit: where the sense is, to open the bowels, use alvum dejicio (duco): cf. Cato R. R. 148, ea re tot res sunt, ut bene dejicias, so many ingredients, in order that the medicine may o. well (v. opening, adj.). Phr.: so powerfully did the medicine o., tanta vis medicaminis erat, Curt. 3, 6, ad fin. (Operor, 1, in this sense, late: the poison o.s, venenum o., Lampr. Com. 17.)
OPERATE Copy link • OPERATETo act, facere, efficere aliquid: valere: vim habere: to operate beneficially, boni aliquid efficere. In surgery, secare: scalpellum admovere or adhibere (with dative of person or part operated upon): to operate for the eyes, *secando mederi suffusioni oculorum. Of medicine; to work, efficacem esse, effectu esse, erga aliquem: the medicine operates, concipitur venis medicamentum (Curt.): the medicine will not operate, medicamentum imbecillius est, quam morbus: to operate in the same manner (of medicine), eosdem effectus praestare: so powerfully did the medicine operate, tanta vis medicaminis fuit (Curt.).