opus est Phrase

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Translations

  1. there is need of
  2. we need

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Publius Ovidius Naso

qui postquam tecta tyranni intravere sui, 'non est hortamine longo nunc' ait 'utendum; vires effundite vestras: sic opus est!

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses I
Gaius Julius Caesar

"Quid mihi," inquit, "aut vita aut civitate opus est, quam beneficio Caesaris habere videbor?

~ Caesar, C. Ivli Caesaris Commentariorvm De Bello Civili Liber Tertivs
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

bimarisve Corinthi moenia vel Baccho Thebas vel Apolline Delphos insignis aut Thessala Tempe; sunt quibus unum opus est intactae Palladis urbem carmine perpetuo celebrare et undique decerptam fronti praeponere olivam;

~ Horace, Odes I
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Sed mihi ad huius vim et interpretationem vehementer opus est vestra sapientia.

~ Cicero, De Lege Agraria II

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