Opus
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.
- In music, pieces of some composers' music are given opus numbers which generally run either in order of composition or in order of publication.
- 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
- Opus Dei (God's work) is a conservative Roman Catholic organization founded in 1928.
- Opus the penguin is a character in various comic strips by Berkeley Breathed.
- Opus is a comic strip by Berkeley Breathed.
- Directory Opus is a file manager originally for the Amiga computer and now for Windows.
- A "magnum opus" (or "opus magnum") is a great work or, more commonly, the greatest work of a person. Magnum is Latin for great.
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