Opus vs Opes - What's the difference?
opus | opes |
A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
A work, especially of art.
(ope)
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
*:Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […].
* 1819 , (John Keats), Otho the Great , Act V, Scene V, verses 191-192:
* Herbert
(archaic) To open.
* 1611 , William Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act I, scene II :
As a noun opus
is a work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.As a verb opes is
third-person singular of ope.opus
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Beethoven's ''opus'' eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.
- The painter's last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work.
Usage notes
The most common plural of opus'' in English is ''opuses''. Some people use the Latin plural, ''opera''. ''Opi'' is fairly common in the field of classical music, though mostly in informal contexts. The use of any of these three pluralizations may result in the speaker being corrected, though ''opi'' above all should be avoided in formal contexts. Outside of music, the word ''opus'' sees particularly frequent use in the expression ''magnum opus .Anagrams
* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----opes
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * * ----ope
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors —
- I will to bed! — To-morrow —
- On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope .
Verb
(op)- The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.