operatus Latin · revision 9676

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *h₃ep-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔ.pɛˈraː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.peˈraː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''operātus''' (feminine operāta, neuter operātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Wiktionary takes it as the perfect participle of [[operor]] “to work”, but the OLD notes that it is apparently attested earlier than the verb and is probably from [[opera]] “work, effort” with the suffix [[-ātus]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan follows Postgate, who showed that ⟨operātus⟩ is an adjective “full of work, absorbed in” derived from ⟨opera⟩, and that ⟨operārī⟩ was later back-formed from it.^(de Vaan 2008) ⟨opera⟩ belongs with [[opus]] “work”, which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*opes-]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃ep-os|t=work]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Among the OLD's earliest citations are Lucretius, Virgil, Horace and Tibullus.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC and Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant busied or engaged in some activity or practice, as in Pliny, and occupied with religious observances, offering sacrifice, as in Virgil and Tibullus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of religious observance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of being busied.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Busied or engaged (in an activity).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Occupied with religious observances; [[m|en|sacrifice|alt=sacrificing]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[opera]]

+ * [[operor]]

+ * [[opus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A fourth-declension noun ''operātus'' “work” is found in Tertullian.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}