뜻

1. 문제, 노력
2. 작업, 일

1. trouble, pains, exertion
2. work, labour

예문

• Decem fere abhinc annos et scriptores latinos cogniturus et rei mathimaticae studiosus Boetio coepi operam dare nec multo post acrius in mathematica inprimis eius opera incumbendi auctor fuit mihi Halmius, ad accuratius cognoscendam linguam latinam hinc quoque aliquantulum afferri posse ratus. (Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius, De Arithmetica, Prefationes, Praefatio Editoris 1:1)

  (보이티우스, , , 1:1)

• Populum autem, qui erat in ea, eduxit et condemnavit ad operam lapicidinarum et ad secures et dolabras ferreas. Sic fecit David cunctis urbibus filiorum Ammon et reversus est cum omni populo suo in Ierusalem. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber I Paralipomenon, 20 20:3)

  그는 또 그곳의 백성을 데려다가 톱질과 곡괭이질과 도끼질을 시켰다. 다윗은 암몬 자손들의 성읍마다 이렇게 하였다. 그러고 나서 다윗과 모든 군대는 예루살렘으로 돌아왔다. (불가타 성경, 역대기 상권, 20장 20:3)

• Et dixi in corde meo: " Si unus et stulti et meus occasus erit, quid mihi prodest quod maiorem sapientiae dedi operam? ". Locutusque cum mente mea, animadverti quod hoc quoque esset vanitas. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Ecclesiastes, 2 2:15)

  (불가타 성경, 코헬렛, 2장 2:15)

• Oculi Domini ad timentes eum, et ipse agnoscit omnem operam hominis. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Ecclesiasticus, 15 15:20)

  그분께서는 아무에게도 불경하게 되라고 명령하신 적이 없고 어느 누구에게도 죄를 지으라고 허락하신 적이 없다. (불가타 성경, 집회서, 15장 15:20)

• His factis pactionibus, Lysias pergebat ad regem, Iudaei autem agriculturae operam dabant. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber II Maccabaeorum, 12 12:1)

  (불가타 성경, 마카베오기 하권, 12장 12:1)

유의어 사전

Mercenarii mean laborers as far as they work, not for their own interest, but for pay, in opp. to the proprietor, who hires their services; whereas operarii and operæ, as far as they undertake to perform for others, a mere mechanical work, in opp. to the principal or director, who gives out the plan. Mercenarii refer to the motive; operarii, to the art employed being of an inferior sort. (vi. 217.)

1. Opera (from περᾶν, πράσσειν,) denotes activity without intense exertion, as merely doing, or turning one’s hand to, something, in opp. to momentary inactivity; and also in opp. to thinking, speaking, advising, like ἐργασία; whereas labor denotes strenuous exertion, which is followed by fatigue, labor, in opp. to pleasure, like πόνος. Plaut. Aul. iii. 3. 7. Opera huc est conducta vestra, non oratio: comp. with Bacch. iii. 6, 11. Cic. Rep. i. 9. Otiosiorem opera quam animo. Liv. xxii. 22. Ut opera quoque impensa consilium adjuvem meum. And Liv. v. 4. Labor voluptasque dissimillima natura, societate quadam naturali inter se sunt conjuncta: comp. with Cic. Mur. 35. Plin. Ep. ix. 10. Senec. Tranq. 2. 2. Industria, gnavitas, and sedulitas, denote activity as an habitual quality, in opp. to the love of idleness; industria, of an elevated sort, the impulse to activity that animates the hero or the statesman, in opp. to ignavia, gnavitas (γενναιότης) of a useful sort, the diligence of ordinary men, and of the industrious citizen; sedulitas (sine dolore) an activity that shows itself in small matters, often even of a comic sort, the indefatigable bustling of the busy housewife, of the good-natured nurse, of any one who pays officious court to another. Colum. xii. præf. 8. Ut cum forensibus negotiis matronalis sedulitas industriæ rationem parem faceret. 3. Assiduitas and diligentia denote industry; assiduitas (from sedere) like συνέχεια, more in an extensive sense with continued and uninterrupted efforts; diligentia, (ἀλέγειν) more in an intensive sense, with careful and close application, in order to attain the end of one’s industry. 4. Studium denotes inclination and love towards the object of one’s industry, and an inward impulse. (i. 111.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein