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Opus is a Latin word for work. The plural of opus is opera. It is used in many fields, notably in architecture and in music. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ...

• In music, pieces of music by composers are given opus numbers, which generally run in order of publication. Unpublished compositions often are given WoO numbers (Werk ohne Opuszahl, German for work without opus number).
• In architecture, it specifically describes a technique or a method or a style of connecting building elements, following the studies on Roman architecture. Roman building styles are commonly classified as:
  • Opus incertum
  • Opus testaceum (also called Opus latericium)
  • Opus caementicium
  • Opus reticulatum (also called Opus certum)
  • Opus siliceum
  • Opus quadratum
  • Opus vittatum
  • Opus mixtum
  • Opus spicatum
  • Opus alexandrinum
• In fine art, Opus is the formal name or nickname of a work of art
  • Magnum opus (or Opus magnum) refers to the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer. Magnum is Latin for great

Opus, from the Latin word opus meaning work, is usually used in the sense of a work of art. In this sense the plural of opus, opera, is used to refer to the genre of music drama. ... Roman Wall, Using irregular shaped and ramdom placed uncut stones or fist-sized tufa blocks inserted in a core of OPUS CAEMENTICIUM, used from the beginning of the 2nd Cent. ... Opus latericium is a Roman form of construction in which course-laid brickwork is used to face a core of opus caementicium. ... Opus caementicium was the Roman technique of constructing structures using concrete. ... Opus reticulatum is a form of brickwork that uses diamond-shaped bricks of tufa that are placed around a core of opus caementicium. ... Opus quadratum is an ancient Roman construction technique, consisting of squared blocks of stone in parallel lines of the same height. ... Oblong [[Roman]] Wall, sometimes square with tufa blocks intersected by one or more brickbands at regular or irregular distances. ... Opus reticulatum used on the exterior wall of Hadrians Villa used as a retreat for the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd century. ... Opus spicatum is a type of masonry construction used in Roman and medieval times. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera), from the Latin meaning great work,[1] refers to the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer, and most commonly one who has contributed a very large amount of material. ...

Other uses

• Opus (band) is an Austrian pop-rock group
• Opus (comic strip) is a comic strip by Berkeley Breathed starring Opus the Penguin
• Opus (magazine) is the name of an Australian magazine produced by Newcastle University Students' Association
• Opus (microkernel) was a microkernel developed at Apple and later Taligent as the base for the Pink operating system
• Opus bus is a model made by the Optima Bus Corporation
• Opus Dei (God's work) is a Roman Catholic organization founded in 1928, which emphasizes the Catholic belief that everyone is called to be a saint and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity
• Opus, Greece is an ancient Greek city of Eastern Locris, on the coast of mainland Greece across from Euboea
• Opus International Group PLC is the corporate holding company for several companies operating under the "Opus" brand name in several countries
• Opus Pistorum is a novel by Henry Miller
• Opus-CBCS is a Bulletin Board (Computer Based Conversation System)
• opus String Quartet (real name is opus. with a period.

Opus is an Austrian pop-rock group which was formed in 1973. ... Opus is a Sunday strip by Berkeley Breathed. ... An early Opus appearance in the strip Bloom County Opus the Penguin is a character in the comic strips and childrens books of Berke Breathed, most notably the popular 1980s strip Bloom County. ... Opus is the name of the magazine produced by the Newcastle University Students Association. ... Taligent was the name of an object-oriented operating system and the company dedicated to producing it. ... Optima Bus, LLC, formerly Chance Coach Inc. ... Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, is an organization of the Catholic Church that emphasizes the Catholic belief that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. ... Opus (also Opous), in Ancient Greece, the chief city of Opuntian or Eastern Locris. ... Opus International Group PLC[1], is the corporate holding company for several companies operating under the Opus brand name in several countries: Opus International Malaysia - - Highway Asset Development and Maintenance, Infrastructure Development and Asset Management and Engineering Project Management. ... Henry Miller photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and, to a lesser extent, painter. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ...

See also

• Directory Opus is a file manager originally for the Amiga computer and now for Microsoft Windows
• Opus One

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