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V. Human Life; its various Relations and Conditions
22. Effort – Industry – Labour – Exertion
Оглавлениеstudiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut…– to take great pains in order to…
egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei– to expend great labour on a thing.
operam alicui rei tribuere, in aliquid conferre– to expend great labour on a thing.
operam (laborem, curam) in or ad aliquid impendere– to expend great labour on a thing.
multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re– to exert oneself very energetically in a matter.
studium, industriam (not diligentiam) collocare, ponere in aliqua re– to apply oneself zealously, diligently to a thing.
incumbere in (ad) aliquid– to be energetic about, throw one's heart into a thing.
opus 84 facere (De Senect. 7. 24) – to do work (especially agricultural).
opus aggredi– to take a task in hand, engage upon it.
ad opus faciendum accedere– to take a task in hand, engage upon it.
res est multi laboris et sudoris– the matter involves much labour and fatigue.
desudare et elaborare in aliqua re (De Senect. 11. 38) – to exert oneself very considerably in a matter.
labori, operae non parcere– to spare no pains.
laborem non intermittere– to work without intermission.
nullum tempus a labore intermittere– not to leave off work for an instant.
lucubrare (Liv. 1. 57) – to work by night, burn the midnight oil.
inanem laborem suscipere– to lose one's labour.
operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere– to lose one's labour.
rem actam or simply actum agere (proverb.) – to have all one's trouble for nothing.
labore supersedēre (itineris) (Fam. 4. 2. 4) – to spare oneself the trouble of the voyage.
patiens laboris– capable of exertion.
fugiens laboris– lazy.
operae pretium est (c. Inf.) – it is worth while.
acti labores iucundi (proverb.) – rest after toil is sweet.
contentionem adhibere– to exert oneself.
omnes nervos 85 in aliqua re contendere– to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.
omnibus viribusor nervis contendere, ut– to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.
omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut– to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.
contendere et laborare, ut– to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.
pro viribus eniti et laborare, ut– to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.
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opus always means the concrete work on which one is engaged; labor is the trouble, fatigue, resulting from effort; opera is the voluntary effort, the trouble spent on an object. Thus laborare = not simply to work, but to work energetically, with exertion and consequent fatigue; operari, to be busy with a thing. Terence thus distinguishes opus and opera: quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae. Cf. Verg. Aen. 1. 455 operumque laborem miratur = the trouble with such huge works must have cost.
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nervi properly = sinews, muscles, not nerves the existence of which was unknown to the ancients. Metaphorically nervi denotes not only strength in general but also specially – (1) vital power, elasticity, e.g. omnes nervos virtutis elidere (Tusc. 2. 11. 27), incīdere, to paralyse the strength of virtue; (2) motive power, mainspring, essence, of a thing, e.g. vectigalia nervi rei publicae sunt (Imp. Pomp. 7. 17), nervi belli pecunia (Phil. 5. 2. 15).
