ops

ops

See also: OPS and ὄψ

English

Noun

ops

1. plural of op

Noun

ops

1. (informal) operations

   They work in spec ops

2. (Internet, IRC) operator status

   Why don't I have ops in this channel any more?

Verb

ops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of op

Anagrams

• POS, POs, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, pos, sop

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Icelandic

Noun

ops

1. indefinite genitive singular of op

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Latin

Alternative forms

• obs

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *opis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-, *h₃op-(i)- (“force, ability”), from *h₃ep- base, whence also Sanskrit अप्नस् (ápnas, “property, possession”) and possibly Ancient Greek ὄμπνη (ómpnē, “food”). Related to omnis, optimus and opus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ops/, [ɔps̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ops/, [ɔps]

Proper noun

ops f (genitive opis); third declension

1. Alternative letter-case form of Ops (“the goddess of earth's riches and fertility”)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	ops
Genitive	opis
Dative	opī
Accusative	opem
Ablative	ope
Vocative	ops

Noun

ops f (genitive opis); third declension

1. (in the singular, nominative not in use) strength, power, power to help, property

   Synonyms: fortitūdō, efficācia, capācitās, valētūdō, vīs, vehementia

   • Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 2:

     Turnus Rutulique [...] ad florentes opes Etruscorum [...] confugiunt

     Turnus and the Rutulians resorted to the splendid power of the Etruscans

2. (in the plural) resources, wealth
3. assistance, help, aid, support

   Synonyms: adiūtus, adiumentum, auxilium, subsidium, fidēs, praesidium

Usage notes

• Only the genitive, accusative and ablative forms of the singular are in ordinary use as a common noun, also confirmed by the grammarians' statements.
• The nominative singular ops is not in use other than as the name of the goddess; the dative opī is attested only once.
• The ablative singular is usually ope, but once opī in Varro (in giving an etymology) and opīd in an inscription, doubly unusual for having an i-stem ending augmented with the o-stem ablative /d/.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ops	opēs
Genitive	opis	opum
Dative	opī	opibus
Accusative	opem	opēs
Ablative	ope	opibus
Vocative	ops	opēs

Derived terms

• Ops, Opis, Opes
• inops
• inopiōsus
• cōpis, cōps
• cōpia
• opiparus
• opulentus
• opulenter
• opulentitās
• opitulō
• opitulus
• opifex
• opificium
• opifīcina
• officium
• officiōsus
• officīna

References

• “ops” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 431

Further reading

• “ops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ops in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1086
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to implore a person's help: alicuius opem implorare
    
  • (ambiguous) to fly to some one for refuge: confugere ad aliquem or ad opem, ad fidem alicuius
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: magnas opes habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: opibus maxime florere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere
    
  • (ambiguous) to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich: opibus, divitiis, bonis, facultatibus abundare
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great influence: opibus, gratia, auctoritate valere, florere
    
  • (ambiguous) to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

Natural exclamation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ops/

Interjection

ops!

1. oops (acknowledging a minor mistake)

   Synonym: opa

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Spanish

Etymology

Natural exclamation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobs/ [ˈoβ̞s]
• Rhymes: -obs
• Syllabification: ops

Interjection

¡ops!

1. acknowledgment of a minor mistake, oops