Ops

English

The goddess Ops

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ops, from Latin ops (“resources, wealth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-, *h₃op-(i)- (“force, ability”), from *h₃ep- base

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ops

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ops f sg (genitive Opis); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess Ops.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.