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'Tis not worth the reading, I yield it, I desire thee not to lose time in perusing so vain a subject, I should be peradventure loath myself to read him or thee so writing; 'tis not operae, pretium.
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Ille, etsí rés erat multae operae, negótium suscépit.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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When the Adjective is Attributive, it regularly agrees in gender with the nearest noun; as, -- rēs operae multae ac labōris, _a matter of much effort and labor_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Ita Jugurtha ratus aut capta urbe [426] operae pretium fore aut, si Romanus auxilio suis venisset, proelio sese certaturos.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Compare this word with operae and labóre, line 12.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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Neque enim fas est homini cunctas diuinae operae machinas uel ingenio comprehendere uel explicare sermone.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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At si quem profanum, uti uulgo solitum uobis, blanditiae uestrae detraherent, minus moleste ferendum putarem; nihil quippe in eo nostrae operae laederentur.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Est operae pretium diligentiam majorum recordari, qui colonias sic idoneis in locis contra suspicionem periculi collocarunt, ut esse non oppida Italiae, sed propugnacula imperii viderentur.
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885
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Sometimes the service was performed by personal labour (_operae_), at other times a _vectigal_ was demanded.
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885
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Quivit pro factis reddere operae pretium, "where" operae "must be pro nounced" op'rae; "(2)" A sole exoriente supra Mucotis paludes Nemo est qui factis me acquiparare queat.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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