operor

Latin

Alternative forms

• operō

Etymology

From opus (“work”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pe.ror/, [ˈɔpɛrɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pe.ror/, [ˈɔːperor]

Verb

operor (present infinitive operārī, perfect active operātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to work, labor

   Synonyms: labōrō, exerceō

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.9:

     Sex diebus operaberis, et facies omnia opera tua.

     Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work.

2. to bestow pains upon a thing; devote oneself to, be engaged in or occupied with a thing

   Synonyms: exerceō, versō, iactō

Conjugation

Conjugation of operor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	operor	operāris, operāre	operātur	operāmur	operāminī	operantur
	imperfect	operābar	operābāris, operābāre	operābātur	operābāmur	operābāminī	operābantur
	future	operābor	operāberis, operābere	operābitur	operābimur	operābiminī	operābuntur
	perfect	operātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	operātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	operātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	operer	operēris, operēre	operētur	operēmur	operēminī	operentur
	imperfect	operārer	operārēris, operārēre	operārētur	operārēmur	operārēminī	operārentur
	perfect	operātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	operātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	operāre	—	—	operāminī	—
	future	—	operātor	operātor	—	—	operantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		operārī	operātum esse	operātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		operāns	operātus	operātūrus	—	—	operandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		operandī	operandō	operandum	operandō	operātum	operātū

Derived terms

• operāns
• operārius
• operātiō
• operātus

 

Related terms

• opera

Descendants

• Catalan: obrar; → operar
• Franco-Provençal: ovrar
• → French: opérer
• Italian: operare, oprare, ovrare
• Occitan: obrar; → operar
• Old French: ovrer

Gallo-Italic:

• ⇒ Romagnol: adruvêr, druvêr
  • French: ouvrer, œuvrer (influenced by œuvre)
• Piedmontese: operé
• Portuguese: obrar; → operar
• → Romanian: opera
• Sardinian: oberare
• Spanish: obrar; → operar
• → English: operate

References

• “operor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “operor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• operor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “operate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Swedish

Noun

operor

1. indefinite plural of opera