English

Noun

ops

1. plural of op
2. (informal) operations
3. (Internet, IRC) operator status

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

Anagrams

• pos, POS
• PSO
• sop, SOP

Icelandic

Noun

ops

1. indefinite genitive singular of op

Latin

Etymology

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, opīmus and opus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ops/, [ɔps]

Noun

ops f ‎(genitive opis); third declension

1. (singular) power to help
2. (plural) resources, wealth

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ops”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
    
• ops in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• ops in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ops in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 431

Portuguese

Interjection

ops

1. oops (acknowledging a minor mistake)

Synonyms

• opa

Spanish

Noun

ops m ‎(uncountable)

1. acknowledgment of a minor mistake, oops