The corpus record — Latin

operositas

operositas · f

excessive pains

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Where it lives

De Cultu Feminarum 2 · 3.9/10k
Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

ŏpĕrōsĭtas — Lewis & Short

ŏpĕrōsĭtas, ātis, f.operosus,

I excessive pains, overmuch nicety, elaborate workmanship (post-Aug.): est etiam, quae periergi/a vocatur, supervacua, ut sic dixerim, operositas, Quint. 8, 3, 55: operositas suadendi, Tert. Anim. 2 fin.: vitreorum, Vop. Tac. 11.

In the wild

operositas Tertullian, De Anima 2
operositas Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.3.55
operositatem Tertullian, De Oratione 20
operositate Historia Augusta, Tacitus 11
operositas Tertullian, De Cultu Feminarum 2.7
operositas Tertullian, De Cultu Feminarum 2.10

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. operositas (scan p. 489; entry #7922).

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