work
work
subs.
P. and V. ἔργον, τό.
Toil, labour: P. and V. πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ, V. μοχθήμᾰτα, τά, ἆθλος, ὁ, κά̆μᾰτος, ὁ.
Thing made: P. and V. ἔργον, τό, V. ὄργᾰνον, τό, πόνος, ὁ.
Work of art: Ar. and P. σκεῦος, τό, V. τέχνη, ἡ, τέχνημα, τό, P. ἐργασία, ἡ.
Duty, function: P. and V. ἔργον, τό ; see duty.
Handicraft: P. and V. τέχνη, ἡ, Ar. and P. χειρουργία, ἡ, P. χειροτεχνία, ἡ, V. χειρωναξία, ἡ.
Occupation: P. ἐργασία, ἡ, πραγματεία, ἡ, ἐπιτήδευμα, τό, Ar. and P. διατρῐβή, ἡ. P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ.
Needle-work: P. and V. ποίκιλμα, τό ; see embroidery.
Composition, writing: P. σύγγραμμα, τό.
Book: P. and V. βίβλος, ἡ.
Set to work: see under set.
Begin: P. and V. ἄρχεσθαι.
Military works, earthwork: P. and V. ἔρῠμα, τό ; see defences.
Mound: P. χῶμα, τό, χοῦς, ὁ, πρόσχωσις, ἡ.
subs.
P. and V. ἔργον, τό.
Toil, labour: P. and V. πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ, V. μοχθήμᾰτα, τά, ἆθλος, ὁ, κά̆μᾰτος, ὁ.
Thing made: P. and V. ἔργον, τό, V. ὄργᾰνον, τό, πόνος, ὁ.
Work of art: Ar. and P. σκεῦος, τό, V. τέχνη, ἡ, τέχνημα, τό, P. ἐργασία, ἡ.
Duty, function: P. and V. ἔργον, τό ; see duty.
Handicraft: P. and V. τέχνη, ἡ, Ar. and P. χειρουργία, ἡ, P. χειροτεχνία, ἡ, V. χειρωναξία, ἡ.
Occupation: P. ἐργασία, ἡ, πραγματεία, ἡ, ἐπιτήδευμα, τό, Ar. and P. διατρῐβή, ἡ. P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ.
Needle-work: P. and V. ποίκιλμα, τό ; see embroidery.
Composition, writing: P. σύγγραμμα, τό.
Book: P. and V. βίβλος, ἡ.
Set to work: see under set.
Begin: P. and V. ἄρχεσθαι.
Military works, earthwork: P. and V. ἔρῠμα, τό ; see defences.
Mound: P. χῶμα, τό, χοῦς, ὁ, πρόσχωσις, ἡ.
work
v. trans.
Mould, fashion: P. and V. πλάσσειν.
Knead: P. and V. ὀργάζειν (Soph. Frag.).
Cultivate (the soil): P. ἐργάζεσθαι, ἐξεργάζεσθαι, P. and V. γεωργεῖν (Eur. Rhes. 176, absol.), V. γᾱπονεῖν (Eur. Rhes. 75).
Work a mine: P. ἐργάζεσθαι μέταλλον (Dem. 977).
Work (stone or other materials): P. ἐργάζεσθαι.
Make by work: P. and V. ἐργάζεσθαι, ἐξεργάζεσθαι, ἐκπονεῖν, V. ἐκμοχθεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆περγάζεσθαι.
Cause, bring about: P. and V. μηχᾰνᾶσθαι, ποιεῖν, P. ἀπεργάζεσθαι, V. τεύχειν ; see contrive.
Produce: P. and V. γεννᾶν, τίκτειν (Plat.), V. φῠτεύειν, φῑτύ̄ειν ; see produce.
Embroider: P. and V. ποικίλλειν, P. καταποικίλλειν.
He works his auger with double thongs: V. διπλοῖν χαλινοῖν τρύπανον κωπηλατεῖ (Eur. Cycl. 461).
V. intrans. Labour: P. and V. ἐργάζεσθαι, πονεῖν, ἐκπονεῖν, κάμνειν (rare P.), μοχθεῖν (rare P.).
Be an artisan: P. δημιουργεῖν.
Avail, do good: P. and V. ὠφελεῖν ; see avail.
Work at: P. and V. ἐργάζεσθαι (acc.), σπουδάζειν (acc.), διᾰπονεῖν (acc.), V. πονεῖν (acc.) (rare P.), μοχθεῖν (acc.).
Work for (on behalf of): V. ὑ̆περκάμνειν (gen.), προκάμνειν (gen.), ὑ̆περπονεῖσθαι (gen.).
Work off: P. ἀποτρίβεσθαι.
Work one’s way: see advance.
Work out: P. and V. ἐκπονεῖν (or mid.) (acc.), ἐξεργάζεσθαι (acc.), διᾰπονεῖν (or mid.) (acc.), V. ἐκμοχθεῖν (acc.), Ar. and P. ἀ̆περγάζεσθαι (acc.).
Come to the end of: V. ἀντλεῖν, ἐξαντλεῖν, διαντλεῖν.
Work round: see come round.
Work round in the rear of an enemy: P. περιιέναι κατὰ νώτου (Thuc. 4.36).
Work up: Ar. and P. ἀ̆περγάζεσθαι (acc. ), P. and V. σπουδάζειν (acc.), ἐκπονεῖν (acc.).
Work upon, turn to account: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.); see influence.
He so worked upon the jury that they would not even hear a word from us: P. οὕτω διέθηκε τοὺς δικαστὰς ὥστε φωνὴν μηδʼ ἡντινοῦν ἐθέλειν ἀκούειν ἡμῶν (Dem. 1103).
Work with others: P. and V. συμπονεῖν (dat.) (Xen.), V. συμμοχθεῖν (dat.), συγκάμνειν (dat.).
v. trans.
Mould, fashion: P. and V. πλάσσειν.
Knead: P. and V. ὀργάζειν (Soph. Frag.).
Cultivate (the soil): P. ἐργάζεσθαι, ἐξεργάζεσθαι, P. and V. γεωργεῖν (Eur. Rhes. 176, absol.), V. γᾱπονεῖν (Eur. Rhes. 75).
Work a mine: P. ἐργάζεσθαι μέταλλον (Dem. 977).
Work (stone or other materials): P. ἐργάζεσθαι.
Make by work: P. and V. ἐργάζεσθαι, ἐξεργάζεσθαι, ἐκπονεῖν, V. ἐκμοχθεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆περγάζεσθαι.
Cause, bring about: P. and V. μηχᾰνᾶσθαι, ποιεῖν, P. ἀπεργάζεσθαι, V. τεύχειν ; see contrive.
Produce: P. and V. γεννᾶν, τίκτειν (Plat.), V. φῠτεύειν, φῑτύ̄ειν ; see produce.
Embroider: P. and V. ποικίλλειν, P. καταποικίλλειν.
He works his auger with double thongs: V. διπλοῖν χαλινοῖν τρύπανον κωπηλατεῖ (Eur. Cycl. 461).
V. intrans. Labour: P. and V. ἐργάζεσθαι, πονεῖν, ἐκπονεῖν, κάμνειν (rare P.), μοχθεῖν (rare P.).
Be an artisan: P. δημιουργεῖν.
Avail, do good: P. and V. ὠφελεῖν ; see avail.
Work at: P. and V. ἐργάζεσθαι (acc.), σπουδάζειν (acc.), διᾰπονεῖν (acc.), V. πονεῖν (acc.) (rare P.), μοχθεῖν (acc.).
Work for (on behalf of): V. ὑ̆περκάμνειν (gen.), προκάμνειν (gen.), ὑ̆περπονεῖσθαι (gen.).
Work off: P. ἀποτρίβεσθαι.
Work one’s way: see advance.
Work out: P. and V. ἐκπονεῖν (or mid.) (acc.), ἐξεργάζεσθαι (acc.), διᾰπονεῖν (or mid.) (acc.), V. ἐκμοχθεῖν (acc.), Ar. and P. ἀ̆περγάζεσθαι (acc.).
Come to the end of: V. ἀντλεῖν, ἐξαντλεῖν, διαντλεῖν.
Work round: see come round.
Work round in the rear of an enemy: P. περιιέναι κατὰ νώτου (Thuc. 4.36).
Work up: Ar. and P. ἀ̆περγάζεσθαι (acc. ), P. and V. σπουδάζειν (acc.), ἐκπονεῖν (acc.).
Work upon, turn to account: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.); see influence.
He so worked upon the jury that they would not even hear a word from us: P. οὕτω διέθηκε τοὺς δικαστὰς ὥστε φωνὴν μηδʼ ἡντινοῦν ἐθέλειν ἀκούειν ἡμῶν (Dem. 1103).
Work with others: P. and V. συμπονεῖν (dat.) (Xen.), V. συμμοχθεῖν (dat.), συγκάμνειν (dat.).
WORK
s. An outward action opus (the proper word): factum (thing done). Good works recte honeste facta (Cic.): if = a virtuous life virtus; vita sancta (ib.): bad works male facta; maleficia (ib.): a work of love of mercy factum ab amore a misericordia profectum. To make short work with anything rem praecidere.
Labor opus: opera: labor [SYN. in LABOR].
Task doing opus. To complete a work begun opus coeptum perficere pertexere: it seems hardly like the work of men vix humanae opis videtur (Liv. 10 29): this is the work of a single man hoc ab uno fit (Cic. Mil. 33 90). To begin or undertake a work aggredi suscipere aliquam rem; inchoare opus; ad opus faciendum se conferre (after Cic.): to have a great work on hand magnum opus habere in manibus (Cic. Acad. 1 1 2): to leave a work unfinished opus omittere inchoatum relinquere (after Cic.): to put the finishing hand to one’s work extremam manum operi imponere (Verg.); summam manum imponere operi (Sen.): this is not my work hoc ego non feci; hoc non per me factum est (after Cic.): it is evidently the work of chance and accident casu et fortuito aliquid factum esse apparet (Cic.): clerk of the works exactor operis (Col. 3 13 10; ☞ Liv. 45 37).
A thing wrought and completed product opus; factum. A little work opusculum.
Plural works = fortifications etc. opera plur.; munitiones; munimenta.
Plural works of a machine machina: compages.
A written composition opus; also corpus: monumentum (e.g. opera monumenta Graecorum): a small work = a little book libellus; opusculum (a short or trifling piece of composition Hor.).
s. An outward action opus (the proper word): factum (thing done). Good works recte honeste facta (Cic.): if = a virtuous life virtus; vita sancta (ib.): bad works male facta; maleficia (ib.): a work of love of mercy factum ab amore a misericordia profectum. To make short work with anything rem praecidere.
Labor opus: opera: labor [SYN. in LABOR].
Task doing opus. To complete a work begun opus coeptum perficere pertexere: it seems hardly like the work of men vix humanae opis videtur (Liv. 10 29): this is the work of a single man hoc ab uno fit (Cic. Mil. 33 90). To begin or undertake a work aggredi suscipere aliquam rem; inchoare opus; ad opus faciendum se conferre (after Cic.): to have a great work on hand magnum opus habere in manibus (Cic. Acad. 1 1 2): to leave a work unfinished opus omittere inchoatum relinquere (after Cic.): to put the finishing hand to one’s work extremam manum operi imponere (Verg.); summam manum imponere operi (Sen.): this is not my work hoc ego non feci; hoc non per me factum est (after Cic.): it is evidently the work of chance and accident casu et fortuito aliquid factum esse apparet (Cic.): clerk of the works exactor operis (Col. 3 13 10; ☞ Liv. 45 37).
A thing wrought and completed product opus; factum. A little work opusculum.
Plural works = fortifications etc. opera plur.; munitiones; munimenta.
Plural works of a machine machina: compages.
A written composition opus; also corpus: monumentum (e.g. opera monumenta Graecorum): a small work = a little book libellus; opusculum (a short or trifling piece of composition Hor.).
v. Intransitively
To labor opus facere (especially of agricultural labor; for which we find more rarely operari): laborem subire obire: operam dare alicui rei: operam locare ponere consumere in aliqua re (Cic.): in opere esse (Sen.): in opere occupatum esse (Caes.): (of litterary work) litterarum studia exercere (Cic.); doctrinae studiis navare (Johann August Ernesti): to work with the needle acu pingere (to embroider): suere (to sew): to work by lamp or candle light especially before daybreak lucubrare: to work all night ad laborem nullam partem noctis intermittere: to work day and night opus continuare diem et noctem: to work for pay operam suam locare; for anybody alicui: work and pray ora et labora; auspicare laborem a precationibus (Ianus).
To exert force take effect vim habere (not vim exserere which is not Latin): efficacem esse (to work or be effective). The medicine works concipitur venis medicamentum; does not work medicamentum imbecillius est quam morbus: the medicine works so powerfully tanta vis est medicamenti: the medicine works well commode facit (Celsus): to work upon anything vim habere or exercere in aliquid; on anybody aliquem or alicujus animum movere or commovere.
To ferment Vid: Transitively tractare aliquid (general term to handle anything): dolare edolare aliquid (to cut with a carpenter’s axe wood etc. Respecting asciare and exasciare Vid: HEW): subigere (to prepare thoroughly by kneading ploughing etc.; e.g. bread leather land): colere excolere aliquid (to cultivate; figuratively educate): that can be easily worked tractabilis: to work a ship navem agitare (after Nep.): to work land agrum colere moliri arare (to plough); a mine fodinam.
To work at laborare: elaborare in aliqua re (to work hard at anything with a view to a result; but elaborare aliquid = to pursue anything with great pains; in Cic. only in the passive): operam dare alicui rei; versari or operam et studium collocare in re (to be occupied with anything): to work at a fresh or anew retractare (to take in hand again; a writing etc.): recolere (to cultivate again; land etc.): de integro facere (to make quite new again; e.g. a play fabulam).
To work off tollere (to clear by work): *opera sua compensare (to pay a debt by labor instead of money): at a printing-press *librum typis exscribere describere exprimere (not imprimere) [Vid: To PRINT].
To work out = To work carefully and in all parts elaborare (but in classic prose only in the passive especially in the perfect participle); perficere also with diligenter: concoquere (PROP. to digest; then figuratively = to think over; e.g. what has been read; Sen. Ep. 84 6; for which Ep. 2 4 ed. Rup. has excoquere): = To get through by labor and diligence perfodere: penetrare per aliquid (to penetrate through): emergere re and ex re (figuratively to work one’s way out from; e.g. mendicitate): tollere (to clear; e.g. a debt by work).
To labor opus facere (especially of agricultural labor; for which we find more rarely operari): laborem subire obire: operam dare alicui rei: operam locare ponere consumere in aliqua re (Cic.): in opere esse (Sen.): in opere occupatum esse (Caes.): (of litterary work) litterarum studia exercere (Cic.); doctrinae studiis navare (Johann August Ernesti): to work with the needle acu pingere (to embroider): suere (to sew): to work by lamp or candle light especially before daybreak lucubrare: to work all night ad laborem nullam partem noctis intermittere: to work day and night opus continuare diem et noctem: to work for pay operam suam locare; for anybody alicui: work and pray ora et labora; auspicare laborem a precationibus (Ianus).
To exert force take effect vim habere (not vim exserere which is not Latin): efficacem esse (to work or be effective). The medicine works concipitur venis medicamentum; does not work medicamentum imbecillius est quam morbus: the medicine works so powerfully tanta vis est medicamenti: the medicine works well commode facit (Celsus): to work upon anything vim habere or exercere in aliquid; on anybody aliquem or alicujus animum movere or commovere.
To ferment Vid: Transitively tractare aliquid (general term to handle anything): dolare edolare aliquid (to cut with a carpenter’s axe wood etc. Respecting asciare and exasciare Vid: HEW): subigere (to prepare thoroughly by kneading ploughing etc.; e.g. bread leather land): colere excolere aliquid (to cultivate; figuratively educate): that can be easily worked tractabilis: to work a ship navem agitare (after Nep.): to work land agrum colere moliri arare (to plough); a mine fodinam.
To work at laborare: elaborare in aliqua re (to work hard at anything with a view to a result; but elaborare aliquid = to pursue anything with great pains; in Cic. only in the passive): operam dare alicui rei; versari or operam et studium collocare in re (to be occupied with anything): to work at a fresh or anew retractare (to take in hand again; a writing etc.): recolere (to cultivate again; land etc.): de integro facere (to make quite new again; e.g. a play fabulam).
To work off tollere (to clear by work): *opera sua compensare (to pay a debt by labor instead of money): at a printing-press *librum typis exscribere describere exprimere (not imprimere) [Vid: To PRINT].
To work out = To work carefully and in all parts elaborare (but in classic prose only in the passive especially in the perfect participle); perficere also with diligenter: concoquere (PROP. to digest; then figuratively = to think over; e.g. what has been read; Sen. Ep. 84 6; for which Ep. 2 4 ed. Rup. has excoquere): = To get through by labor and diligence perfodere: penetrare per aliquid (to penetrate through): emergere re and ex re (figuratively to work one’s way out from; e.g. mendicitate): tollere (to clear; e.g. a debt by work).
work (subs.):
1. ŏpus, ĕris, n. (the act of w.ing, and the thing completed by the w., as a building, a book, etc.): for eight successive months they had no lack of w., menses octo continuos opus his non defuit, Cic. Verr. 4, 24, 54: speaking in all other cases is play, in the exertions at the bar it is laborious w., omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est, in caussarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72: the toilsome w. of war, grave Martis opus, Virg. Aen. 8, 516: to accomplish w., opus efficere, Cic. Att. 9, 11, 2: an urn of beautiful w. (workmanship), hydria praeclaro opere, id. Verr. 4, 14, 32: in plur. esp. of siege-works: he commenced an attack on the city by w.s, operibus oppugnare urbem est adortus, Liv. 37, 5: w.s and fortifications, opera munitionesque, Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20: demolition of public w.s, (buildings), publicorum operum depopulatio, id. Verr. Act. 1, 4, 12: I have an important w. (book) in hand, habeo magnum opus in manibus, id. Acad. 1, 1, 2.
2. ŏpĕra (labour, pains): the hand and w. of men, hominum manus atque opera, Cic. Off. 2, 2, 14: to bestow great zeal and much w. on matters, magnum studium multamque operam in res conferre, ibid. 1, 6, 19: you had spent more w. and labour, plus operae laborisque consumpseras, id de Or. 1, 55, 234: in the agricultural writers esp. of a day's w. for a labourer; one day's w. for a boy, puerilis una opera, Col. 11, 2, 44: there will remain a w. to mark this foreign travel, exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus, Cic. Att. 15, 13, 2: w.s of spiders (spiders' webs), operae aranearum, Pl. Asin. 2, 4, 19.
3. lăbor (labour, trouble): what money or w. he may have spent on this matter, quid sumptus in eam rem aut laboris insumpserit, Cic. Inv. 2, 38, 112: to lighten w., laborem levare, id. Or. 34, 120: the fruit of w.: the glad crops and w.s of oxen, sata laeta boumque labores, Virg. G. 1, 325.
4. factum (a thing done): a glorious and divine w., factum praeclarum atque divinum, Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 114: the w.s of men and oxen, hominum, boum facta, Ov. H. 10, 60.
5. res, rei, f. (a thing, a matter taken in hand): he undertakes the w., rem suscipit, Caes. B. G. 1, 9.
6. ŏpuscŭlum (a small w.;esp. a writing); why an ungrateful reader depreciates my w.s, mea cur ingratus opuscula lector premat, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 35.
7. ŏpella (petty w.): the w. of the forum, opella forensis, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 8.
8. pensum (the day's portion weighed out to wool-spinners): maidens plying their nightly w., nocturna carpentes pensa puellae, Virg. G. 1, 390: I shall recal myself to my duty and w., me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119. Phr.: w.s of art, artes: works of art wrought by Parrhasius, artes quas Parrhasius protulit, Hor. Od. 4, 8, 5: woman's w.: tela (weaving), lana, lanificium (wool-working), pictura (embroidery): acc. to the special kind: zeal for woman's w., operosae Minervae studium, Hor. Od. 3, 12, 4: the w.s (machinery) of a clock, etc.: machinatio: when we see anything moved by w.s, as a sphere, a timepiece, and many other things, quum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas, ut alia permulta, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97: the w.s (place where the w.ing is done) of a manufactory: *offĭcīna: good w.s, *recte honesteque facta, virtus: this is not the w. of chance, id evenit non casu, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6: it is a w. of time, *tempore eget ad conficiendum.
1. ŏpus, ĕris, n. (the act of w.ing, and the thing completed by the w., as a building, a book, etc.): for eight successive months they had no lack of w., menses octo continuos opus his non defuit, Cic. Verr. 4, 24, 54: speaking in all other cases is play, in the exertions at the bar it is laborious w., omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est, in caussarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72: the toilsome w. of war, grave Martis opus, Virg. Aen. 8, 516: to accomplish w., opus efficere, Cic. Att. 9, 11, 2: an urn of beautiful w. (workmanship), hydria praeclaro opere, id. Verr. 4, 14, 32: in plur. esp. of siege-works: he commenced an attack on the city by w.s, operibus oppugnare urbem est adortus, Liv. 37, 5: w.s and fortifications, opera munitionesque, Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20: demolition of public w.s, (buildings), publicorum operum depopulatio, id. Verr. Act. 1, 4, 12: I have an important w. (book) in hand, habeo magnum opus in manibus, id. Acad. 1, 1, 2.
2. ŏpĕra (labour, pains): the hand and w. of men, hominum manus atque opera, Cic. Off. 2, 2, 14: to bestow great zeal and much w. on matters, magnum studium multamque operam in res conferre, ibid. 1, 6, 19: you had spent more w. and labour, plus operae laborisque consumpseras, id de Or. 1, 55, 234: in the agricultural writers esp. of a day's w. for a labourer; one day's w. for a boy, puerilis una opera, Col. 11, 2, 44: there will remain a w. to mark this foreign travel, exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus, Cic. Att. 15, 13, 2: w.s of spiders (spiders' webs), operae aranearum, Pl. Asin. 2, 4, 19.
3. lăbor (labour, trouble): what money or w. he may have spent on this matter, quid sumptus in eam rem aut laboris insumpserit, Cic. Inv. 2, 38, 112: to lighten w., laborem levare, id. Or. 34, 120: the fruit of w.: the glad crops and w.s of oxen, sata laeta boumque labores, Virg. G. 1, 325.
4. factum (a thing done): a glorious and divine w., factum praeclarum atque divinum, Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 114: the w.s of men and oxen, hominum, boum facta, Ov. H. 10, 60.
5. res, rei, f. (a thing, a matter taken in hand): he undertakes the w., rem suscipit, Caes. B. G. 1, 9.
6. ŏpuscŭlum (a small w.;
7. ŏpella (petty w.): the w. of the forum, opella forensis, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 8.
8. pensum (the day's portion weighed out to wool-spinners): maidens plying their nightly w., nocturna carpentes pensa puellae, Virg. G. 1, 390: I shall recal myself to my duty and w., me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119. Phr.: w.s of art, artes: works of art wrought by Parrhasius, artes quas Parrhasius protulit, Hor. Od. 4, 8, 5: woman's w.: tela (weaving), lana, lanificium (wool-working), pictura (embroidery): acc. to the special kind: zeal for woman's w., operosae Minervae studium, Hor. Od. 3, 12, 4: the w.s (machinery) of a clock, etc.: machinatio: when we see anything moved by w.s, as a sphere, a timepiece, and many other things, quum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas, ut alia permulta, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97: the w.s (place where the w.ing is done) of a manufactory: *offĭcīna: good w.s, *recte honesteque facta, virtus: this is not the w. of chance, id evenit non casu, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6: it is a w. of time, *tempore eget ad conficiendum.
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.
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.
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.
11. admĭnistro, 1 (to manage): to w. a ship, administrare navem, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: v.
ἔργον
ἔργον, ἔργου, τό, work, deed
πόνος
πόνος, hard work, toil, suffering
ἐργάζομαι
ἐργάζομαι, work; work at, make; do, perform
κάμνω
to work, toil, be sick
πονέω
to work hard, do work, suffer toil
τεύχω
to make ready, make, build, work
ποίημα
ποίημα, work, product; poem
πραγματεία
the careful prosecution of an affair, diligent study, hard work
ἐργασία
work, daily labour, business
πάρεργον
a bye-work, subordinate
ποικίλλω
to work in various colours, to broider, work in embroidery
πένομαι
to work for one’s daily bread
δημιουργέω
to practise a trade, do work
carving: carved work
γόμφωμα
that which is fastened by bolts, frame-work
δαίδαλμα
a work of art
δημιούργημα
a work of art, piece of workmanship
διοχετεία
irrigation-works
δουλοσύνη
slavery, slavish work
θαυματούργημα
wonder-work
θωρακεῖον
a breast-work
καλλιούργημα
work of art
καμινεία
furnace-work
κατέργασμα
work, achievement
κεραμεύω
to be a potter, work in earthenware
κυρτία
wicker-work
λατρεύω
to work for hire
μαρμαρεργατέω
work in marble
μισθαρνέω
to work for hire
μολυβδοχοΐα
work in molten lead
μολύβδωμα
lead-work
ξύλωσις
the woodwork of a house, frame-work
παράπλεγμα
basket-work for a chariot
πινάκωσις
timber-work
πισσουργεῖα
pitch-works
πλέγμα
plaited work, wicker-work
πλέκος
wicker-work
πλέκτρα
wicker-work
πλαστουργία
work of plastic art
πραγματειώδης
laborious, like work
προδιεργάζομαι
to work
προκάμνω
to work
προπονέω
to work
προσεργάζομαι
to work in addition to
πόνημα
that which is wrought out, work
σιδήρωσις
iron-work
σιδηρεύω
work in iron
σιδηρεῖα
iron-works, iron-mines
σιδηρουργεῖον
iron-works
σκληρουργία
work in hard materials
ταρσώδης
like basket-work, matted
τείχισις
the work of walling, wall-building
τειχισμός
the work of walling, wall-building
τεκταίνομαι
to make, work, frame
τεχνίτευμα
a work of art, art
τεχνούργημα
a work of art
τεῦγμα
that which is made, a work
τορεύω
to work in relief
τροχίασμα
wheel-work
τυντλάζω
to work in the mud
τόρευμα
embossed work, work in relief
φορμηδόν
like mat-work, cross-wise, athwart
φράγμα
a fence, breast-work, screen
χαλκοτορέω
to work
χαλκοτυπέω
work in bronze
χαλκουργέω
work in bronze, Clara Rhodos
χαλκούργημα
work of bronze
χειροτέχνημα
a work of art
χειρωναξία
handicraft, work
χρυσοχοέω
to work in gold, work as a goldsmith
χώνευμα
molten-work, molten image
ἀναγλυφή
work in low relief
ἁλή
salt-works
ἁλοπήγιον
salt-works, salt-pit
ἁλωνεύομαι
work on a threshing-floor
ἐκδίδαγμα
prentice-work, a sampler
ἐπικόλλημα
that which is glued on, tessellated work
ἐπιμοχθέω
work
ἐρίθεχνα
for wool-work
ἐργατεία
labour, work, handicraft
ἐριθεύομαι
serve, work for hire
ἐριουργέω
to work in wool
ἐριουργικός
for wool-work
ἑβδομηκοντάβιβλος
work in seventy books
ἔργμα
a work, deed, business
ἰσορροπικά
work on equilibrium
ἱστουργέω
to work at the loom, weave
ὀκτώβιβλος
a work in eight volumes
ῥίψ
plaited work, wicker-work, a mat
ἔργον, ἔργου, τό, work, deed
πόνος
πόνος, hard work, toil, suffering
ἐργάζομαι
ἐργάζομαι, work; work at, make; do, perform
κάμνω
to work, toil, be sick
πονέω
to work hard, do work, suffer toil
τεύχω
to make ready, make, build, work
ποίημα
ποίημα, work, product; poem
πραγματεία
the careful prosecution of an affair, diligent study, hard work
ἐργασία
work, daily labour, business
πάρεργον
a bye-work, subordinate
ποικίλλω
to work in various colours, to broider, work in embroidery
πένομαι
to work for one’s daily bread
δημιουργέω
to practise a trade, do work
appearing fewer than 50 times
γλυφήcarving: carved work
γόμφωμα
that which is fastened by bolts, frame-work
δαίδαλμα
a work of art
δημιούργημα
a work of art, piece of workmanship
διοχετεία
irrigation-works
δουλοσύνη
slavery, slavish work
θαυματούργημα
wonder-work
θωρακεῖον
a breast-work
καλλιούργημα
work of art
καμινεία
furnace-work
κατέργασμα
work, achievement
κεραμεύω
to be a potter, work in earthenware
κυρτία
wicker-work
λατρεύω
to work for hire
μαρμαρεργατέω
work in marble
μισθαρνέω
to work for hire
μολυβδοχοΐα
work in molten lead
μολύβδωμα
lead-work
ξύλωσις
the woodwork of a house, frame-work
παράπλεγμα
basket-work for a chariot
πινάκωσις
timber-work
πισσουργεῖα
pitch-works
πλέγμα
plaited work, wicker-work
πλέκος
wicker-work
πλέκτρα
wicker-work
πλαστουργία
work of plastic art
πραγματειώδης
laborious, like work
προδιεργάζομαι
to work
προκάμνω
to work
προπονέω
to work
προσεργάζομαι
to work in addition to
πόνημα
that which is wrought out, work
σιδήρωσις
iron-work
σιδηρεύω
work in iron
σιδηρεῖα
iron-works, iron-mines
σιδηρουργεῖον
iron-works
σκληρουργία
work in hard materials
ταρσώδης
like basket-work, matted
τείχισις
the work of walling, wall-building
τειχισμός
the work of walling, wall-building
τεκταίνομαι
to make, work, frame
τεχνίτευμα
a work of art, art
τεχνούργημα
a work of art
τεῦγμα
that which is made, a work
τορεύω
to work in relief
τροχίασμα
wheel-work
τυντλάζω
to work in the mud
τόρευμα
embossed work, work in relief
φορμηδόν
like mat-work, cross-wise, athwart
φράγμα
a fence, breast-work, screen
χαλκοτορέω
to work
χαλκοτυπέω
work in bronze
χαλκουργέω
work in bronze, Clara Rhodos
χαλκούργημα
work of bronze
χειροτέχνημα
a work of art
χειρωναξία
handicraft, work
χρυσοχοέω
to work in gold, work as a goldsmith
χώνευμα
molten-work, molten image
ἀναγλυφή
work in low relief
ἁλή
salt-works
ἁλοπήγιον
salt-works, salt-pit
ἁλωνεύομαι
work on a threshing-floor
ἐκδίδαγμα
prentice-work, a sampler
ἐπικόλλημα
that which is glued on, tessellated work
ἐπιμοχθέω
work
ἐρίθεχνα
for wool-work
ἐργατεία
labour, work, handicraft
ἐριθεύομαι
serve, work for hire
ἐριουργέω
to work in wool
ἐριουργικός
for wool-work
ἑβδομηκοντάβιβλος
work in seventy books
ἔργμα
a work, deed, business
ἰσορροπικά
work on equilibrium
ἱστουργέω
to work at the loom, weave
ὀκτώβιβλος
a work in eight volumes
ῥίψ
plaited work, wicker-work, a mat
opus
work, labor, toil
opera
service, pains, exertion, effort, work, labor
exerceo
to drive, keep busy, keep at work, oversee, work, agitate
operor
to work, labor, toil, take pains, be busied, devote oneself
ministerium
an office, attendance, service, ministry, occupation, work, labor, employment, ...
fundamentum
a foundation, ground-work, basis
cratis
wicker-work, a hurdle
work for a drachma
lucubratio
a working by lamp-light, night-work, nocturnal study
lucubro
to work by lamp-light, work at night
opusculum
a little work
salinae
salt-works, salt-pits
subtexo
to weave under, work in below, sew on
tabulatum
a board-work, flooring, floor, story
toreuma
work in relief, embossed work
transenna
a netting, lattice-work
work, labor, toil
opera
service, pains, exertion, effort, work, labor
exerceo
to drive, keep busy, keep at work, oversee, work, agitate
operor
to work, labor, toil, take pains, be busied, devote oneself
ministerium
an office, attendance, service, ministry, occupation, work, labor, employment, ...
fundamentum
a foundation, ground-work, basis
cratis
wicker-work, a hurdle
appearing fewer than 50 times
drachumissowork for a drachma
lucubratio
a working by lamp-light, night-work, nocturnal study
lucubro
to work by lamp-light, work at night
opusculum
a little work
salinae
salt-works, salt-pits
subtexo
to weave under, work in below, sew on
tabulatum
a board-work, flooring, floor, story
toreuma
work in relief, embossed work
transenna
a netting, lattice-work