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     • The earliest known use of the noun opus is in the 1800s. OED's earliest evidence for opus is from 1808, in the writing of Robert Southey, poet and reviewer. opus is a borrowing from Latin.
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   Where does the noun opus come from?

   • The earliest known use of the noun opus is in the 1800s. OED's earliest evidence for opus is from 1808, in the writing of Robert Southey, poet and reviewer. opus is a borrowing from Latin.

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   What does Opus mean in music?

   • Borrowed from Latin opus. opus (plural opuses or opera) (music) A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. Beethoven's "Razumovsky" Quartets, Op. 59, are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era. A work, especially of art.

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   What is the best translation of Opus in English?

   • The top translations of 'opus' into English for the context of 'work' are 'work' and 'job'. Work is what my father and my brother do in this factory. (literally, artistically, or intellectually) They work in this factory. Et pater et frater in hac fabrica opus faciunt.

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   When was opus first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun opus is in the 1800s. OED's earliest evidence for opus is from 1808, in the writing of Robert Southey, poet and reviewer. opus is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin opus.

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   Why is Opus One named as such?

   • Opus One was ultimately decided as an appropriate name reflecting the significant efforts and details that go into creating the wine each year – and referring to a composer's first composition. For several years, the wine was blandly referred to as 'napa'namedoc' until it was named Opus One.

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   What is the plural of OPI?

   • 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.

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   The earliest known use of the noun opus number is in the 1860s. OED's earliest evidence for opus number is from 1860, in the Atlantic Monthly.

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   - we use the word 'opus' to describe someone's written or artistic work (Mozart's opus number seven) - "opus" and "oper" come from the Latin word "opus" (or the plural, "opera". In English, this translates to words that have a connotation of a product. http://wordinfo.info/unit/1484

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   An opus is a piece of classical music by a particular composer. Opus is usually followed by a number which indicates at what point the piece was written. The abbreviation op. is also used.

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   (mag' nəm o'pəs) noun. The greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer. Syn: Pinnacle

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   Noun. opus (pl. opuses or opera) A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. Beethoven's opus eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era. A work, especially of art.