The corpus record — Latin

operatio

operatio · f

a working

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Where it lives

De ieiunio adversus psychicos 5 · 8.46/10k
De Oratione 3 · 6.68/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 11 · 4.85/10k
De Patientia 2 · 4.42/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 4 · 3.6/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 2 · 3.59/10k
Quomodo Trinitas Unus Deus Ac Non Tres Dii (De Trinitate) 1 · 3.44/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 2 · 3.14/10k
De idolatria 2 · 2.9/10k
Apologeticum 5 · 2.5/10k
Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ŏpĕrātĭo — Lewis & Short

ŏpĕrātĭo, ōnis, f.operor,

I a working, work, labor, operation (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

I In gen.: insidiantur aquantibus (apibus) ranae, quae maxima earum est operatio, cum sobolem faciunt, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 61; 11, 24, 28, § 80; Vitr. 2, 9.—

II In partic.

A A religious performance, service, or solemnity, a bringing of offerings: operationes denicales, offerings, Fest. s. v. privatae feriae, p. 242 Müll.; Inscr. a. 286, p. Chr. ap. Orell. 2234.—

B In Christian authors, beneficence, charity, Lact. 6, 12; Prud. Psych. 573.

In the wild

operatio Tertullian, Adversus Hermogenem 20
operatione Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 17
operatio Tertullian, De Anima 43
operationibus Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.22
operatio Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.24
operatione Tertullian, De idolatria 15

6 of 79 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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