operarius

ŏpĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [opera],

• of or belonging to labor (class.): homo, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8: pecus, working-cattle, Col. 6, 2, 15: vinum, for working-men, Plin. 14, 10, 12, § 86.—
• II Subst.
• • A ŏpĕrārĭus, ii, m., a laborer, workman, operative: habere oportet operarios quinque, Cato R. R. 10, 1: operarius rusticus, the peasant as a day-laborer, Edict. Diocl. 7, 1; cf.: operarius agrarius, Vulg. Ecclus. 37, 13: quos singulos sicut operarios barbarosque contemnas, Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104: quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā, fluent talkers, bad orators, id. de Or. 1, 18, 83: operarium nobis quendam oratorem facis, underworkman, id. ib. 1, 62, 263: si quid actum erit, quod isti operarii minus commode persequi possent, i. e. scribes, secretaries, id. Fam. 8, 1, 2.—
  • B ŏpĕrārĭa, ae, f., a work-woman, in a comic lusus verbb., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 41 (75).

operārius, a, um (opera), zum körperlichen Dienste-, zur Arbeit gehörig, Arbeits-, Handwerks-, I) adi.: pecus, Arbeitsvieh (Ochsen usw.), Colum.: vinum, Gesindewein, Plin.: usus, der Nutzen eines Dinges (zB. eines Zahnes) bei einem Geschäft, Plin.: übtr., homo, ein gewöhnlicher Handlanger, bloßer Tagelöhner, Cic.: homines paene operarii, die fast nur zur Verrichtung der rohesten Arbeiten fähig sind, Cic. – II) subst.: A) operārius, iī, m., der Arbeiter, Tagelöhner, Handlanger, Cic. u.a.: habere oportet operarios quinque, Cato r. r. 10, 1: praesertim cum operarii aut baiuli deesse non possint, Cic.: satis bonus op., Plaut. vid. fr. I, 7 Stud.: op. rusticus, der Ackerbauer als Tagelöhner, Edict. Diocl. 7, 1: so auch op. agrarius, Vulg. Sirach 37, 13: reddere operario mercedem, Augustin. epist. 153, 23: übtr., quos singulos sicut operarios (bloße Handlanger) barbarosque contemnas, eos etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 104: quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā, bloße Handlanger (lebendige Maschinen) mit schneller und geübter Zunge, bloße Zungendrescher (v. schlechten Rednern), Cic. de or. 1, 83: u. so operarium nobis quendam oratorem facis, zum Handlanger, Cic. de or. 1, 263. – B) operāria, ae, f., 1) die Arbeiterin, apes operariae sunt tantum, non procreatrices, Cassian. de inc. Chr. 7, 5. – von einer gemeinen Buhldirne, Plaut. Bacch. 74. – 2) die Wohltäterin, Gnadenspenderin, amatrix pauperorum et operaria, de Rossi Inscr. Christ. Vol. I. no. 62.

operarius [CL] 1 (as adj.): a (of person) who works (for hire), working, labouring. b (of animal) used in agricultural work or sim.. a ~ie mulieres lanam et linum ‥ querere solent ut exinde vestes operentur et elaborent Andr. S. Vict. Sal. 90.  b colifarius, bos ~ius Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 140. 2 (feud.): a (of person) who serves as customary tenant. b (of land) held by customary service. a c1158 decimam lignorum que homines ~ii ‥ debent Petro ex consuetudine Danelaw 173.  b 11‥ tenet unam virgatam que dudum fuit ~ia. et dat modo pro ea iiij sol. ad censum Cart. Rams. III 275; 1181 Aschitillus [tenet] unam virgatam, cujus una medietas fuit ad censum, altera ~ia Dom. S. Paul. 117; 1222 [tenet] v acras pro iiij d., quarum tres sunt ~ie et una de dominico Ib. 20; 1244 Elyas de Pyro tenet unam virgatam integram ~iam, quam Radulphus de Pyro tenuit per consuetudinem et servitium Cart. Rams. I 454; c1250 quelibet virgata ~ia que non fuerit posita ad censum dat obulum ad willesilver ad Pentecosten Ib. 487. 3 (as sb. m.) one who works or labours, worker, labourer; b (w. ref. to Matth. ix 37; c (w. ref. to Matth. xx 1-7); d (fig.). Britannico formello utatur ‥ si ~ius est Gildas Pen. 1; item manus sponsae stillant murram cum ~ii illius, id est doctores sancti, mortificationi salutiferae corpus subiciunt Bede Cant. 1158; o socii et boni ~ii [AS: wyrhtan] ‥ prosit unusquisque alteri arte sua Ælf. Coll. 100; sero ‥ dampnum succise arboris ~ii animadvertentes primo inter se mussitare, post Aldelmo in notitiam detulere W. Malm. GP V 216; plerumque mechanicarum artium ~ii sibi laboris solatium cantilene remedio querunt Gir. TH III 12 p. 157.  b in tantum crevit opus ‥ ut, cum pauci essent ~ii secundo ‥ anno ad dedicationem usque perveniret Hist. Abb. Jarrow 12.  c hi sunt ‥ ~ii quos nona et undecima hora in vineam paterfamilias inducit Bede Acts 951; ubi per ~ios primae, tertiae, sextae, nonae, et undecimae horae patenter exprimitur quia ‥ Id. Cant. 1217; juxta illam Domini parabolam ubi ~ios in vineam ‥ narrat esse conductos Id. Ep. Cath. 93.  d 673 edocemur ‥ Dominicae vineae ~ios ‥ a remuneratione boni operis esse fraudatos (Lit. Papae) CS 31; cum mysteria fidei ignorantibus per ~ios veritatis revelavit Bede Prov. 1035; velut boni in Christi vinea ~ii strenue insudatis Anselm (Ep. 286) IV 206. 4 (feud.) one who performs required labour, customary tenant, or sim.; b (f.). c1206 liberavi Symoni filio Thome ~ii Cart. Osney I 312; 1209 preter terras ‥ xiij ~iorum (Ac.) Crawley 188; 1233 in quietandis vj ~iorum operancium per duos dies in septimana (Ac.) Crawley 207; 12‥ viginti sex virgate et dim’sunt divise per homines, omnes ad opus vel ad censum, si firmarius voluerit ‥ et omnes similiter ~ii dabunt inter se octo denarios ad pisces Cart. Rams. III 278; 12‥ ~ii episcopi ex illis [planchiis] clauserunt parcum episcopi Feod. Durh. 259; 1375 arrestari faciant omnes hujusmodi tenentes et servitores ac operar’ ville Hal. Durh. 128.  b 1234 operarii: ‥ Juliana ‥ tenet j cotsetlum ‥ et, si dominus vult quod sit ~ia, tunc debet operari qualibet septimana a festo B. Mich. usque ad Nat. B. Joh. per tres dies Cust. Glast. 59. 5 one who is in charge or manages, manager. 1343 Nicholao molendinario breviatori et ~io elemosinarii xij s. Ac. Durh. 203. 6 (eccl. & mon.) master of the department of works. 12‥ frater autem ~ius, sacrista et vestiarius ‥ in eodem cartulario teneantur receptas et expensas ‥ conscribere Const. Fr. Pen. 125; omnesque obedientarii ‥ in presentia abbatis accipient veniam de suis obedientiis petituri veniam ‥ lignarius, ~ius, infirmarius Obed. Abingd. 339; institutiones que supponuntur virgultario, lignario, ~io, assignantur Ib. 416. 7 one who does or performs, doer. discedite a me quicumque fuerint ~ii iniquitatis [cf. Matth. vii 23] Ailr. Spec. Car. II 20. 570A. 8 maker, manufacturer, producer. 1321 ~ii capellorum in civitate London’ PQW 456b; custodes cambiorum regis London’ et Cantuar’ et ~ii monetarii et alii ministri PQW 469a; 1361 per examinacionem ~iorum monetarum (Pat) Foed. VI 308; 1474 artifices sive ~ii arcuum (Ib.) Ib. XI 838. 9 (as sb. f.) woman worker or labourer. de muliere forti tanquam de strenua et vigilanti ~ia et prudenti negotiatrice loquitur Andr. S. Vict. Sal. 90; describit ‥ mulierem fortem, sapientem, optimam ~iam Ailr. Serm. 21. 1. 353. 10 (eccl. & mon.) department of works. s1430 prohemium in ciste communis magistrique ~ie ereccionem Amund. I 275. 11 (as sb. n.) place in which business is conducted or work is performed, shop, workshop. ~iis, mesinis uverablis (Balsh. Ut. gl.) Teaching Latin II 61; ~ium, A. a shoppe or a werkehous WW.

ŏpĕrārĭus, (13) a, um (opera), de travail, de travailleur : homo Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8, ouvrier ; operarium pecus Col. Rust. 6, 2, 15, bêtes de somme || subst. m. , manœuvre, ouvrier, homme de peine : Cato Agr. 10, 1 ; Cic. Tusc. 5, 104 ; [en parl. dʼun méchant avocat] Cic. de Or. 1, 83 ; 263 || secrétaire, scribe : Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2.

operarius , ii. m.
短工之人。

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operarius , a, um. adj.
作工者。— homo 短工。 Vinum operarium 短工之酒。Lapides operarii 可打之石。

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operārius adj.

• opera, of labor: homines, day-laborers.—As substm., a laborer, workman, artisan: quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā, workers with the tongue: operarium nobis quendam oratorem facis, mere mechanic: isti operarii, i. e. secretaries.