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opust

opust is a Latin form of opus, meaning “work, task; (opus est) there is need of”. It is the nominative singular neuter noun or vocative singular neuter noun or accusative singular neuter noun or nominative singular masculine noun.

Found 81 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plautus, Amphitruo 1.1.445: malae, mentum, barba, collus: totus. quid verbis opust?

Plautus, Aulularia 4.9.723: perditíssimus ego sum omnium ín terra; nam quid mi ópust vita, qui tántum auri

Plautus, Bacchides 4.9.990b: Quid opúst?

All forms of opus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.