ŏpĕrōsus — Lewis & Short
ŏpĕrōsus, a, um, adj.opera.
I Taking great pains, painstaking, active, busy, industrious, laborious (class.;
syn.: laboriosus, industrius): senectus, opp. to languida atque iners,Cic. Sen. 8, 26:
colonus,Ov. Nuce, 57:
cultibus ambae,id. Am. 2, 10, 5. —Poet. with Gr. acc.:
Cynthia non operosa comas (al. comis),Prop. 5, 8, 52.—Poet. with gen.:
vates operose dierum,in regard to, Ov. F. 1, 101.—Sup.:
Syria in hortis operosissima,exceedingly industrious in gardening, Plin. 20, 5, 16, § 33.—
B Transf., of a medicine, active, efficacious, powerful, drastic (poet.):
herbae,Ov. M. 14, 22.—
II That costs much trouble, troublesome, toilsome, laborious, difficult, elaborate (syn. difficilis):
labor operosus et molestus,Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:
artes,handicrafts, id. Off. 2, 5, 17:
opus,id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1:
res,Liv. 4, 8:
templa,costly, sumptuous, Ov. M. 15, 667:
moles mundi,the artfully constructed fabric of the universe, id. ib. 1, 258:
castaneae cibo,hard to digest, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 93:
carmina,elaborate, Hor. C. 4, 2, 31.—Comp.:
ne quis sepulcrum faceret operosius, quam quod decem homines effecerint triduo,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64:
divitiae operosiores,Hor. C. 3, 1, 48; 3, 12, 5.—Hence, adv.: ŏpĕrōsē.
A Lit., with great labor or pains, laboriously, carefully (class.):
nec flat operose,Cic. Or. 44, 149: vina condita, Ov F. 5, 269.—Comp.:
dicemus operosius,more precisely, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 238.—
B Transf., exactly, accurately (post-Aug.):
dicemus mox paulo operosius,Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 238.