Ops
Ŏps, Ŏpis (nom. sing. Opis, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 52 (893); Hyg. Fab. 130), f. [a personification of 1. ops],
- the goddess of plenty, riches, and power, the wife of Saturn, and the patroness of husbandry; identical with Terra: Jovi . . . Ope gnato, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 2 (252); Varr. L. L. 5, § 57; 64 Müll.; Enn. ap. Lact. 1, 14 (Euhem. n. 3 and 4, pp. 169 and 170 Vahl.); Macr. S. 1, 10; Cic. Univ. 11; id. Phil. 1, 7, 17; Ov. M. 9, 498.
2. Ops, Opis, f., die Göttin Ops = die Erde, als Mutter der Feldfrüchte und als Sinnbild der Fruchtbarkeit, Nahrung, des Überflusses u. Reichtums, Schwester u. Gemahlin des Saturnus, mit der Rhea = Cybele identifiziert, Varro LL. 5, 57 u. 64. Macr. sat. 1, 10. § 19 sq. Cic. Tim. § 35. Ov. met. 9, 498: ad Opis (sc. aedem), Cic. Phil. 2, 93: Ops opifera, s. opifer. – Nbf. Opis b. Hyg. fab. 139. Fulg. myth. 1, 2. – Dav. Opālia, ium, n., das am 9. Dezember gefeierte Fest der Ops, die Opalien, Varro LL. 6, 22. Macr. sat. 1, 10. § 18 sq.
hanc Greci Rheam ‥ Latini vero Opem appellant. Ops igitur ‥ idem Latine quod Grece Rhea sonat. hoc ‥ nomen ex eo ‥ sortita est quod esurientibus frugum largitione opitulata est
juxta ipsum [Saturnum ] autem Ops uxor sua in cujusdam matrone similitudinem picta est
Ops ‥ id est terra, ejus uxor dicitur, eo quod influencia ejus respicere dicuntur terram et per ejus influenciam bona terrestria generantur
2 Ops (13) (Opis Pl. Bacch. 893 ), Opis, f. , déesse Ops, la Terre [identifiée avec Cybèle] : Varro L. 5, 57 ; 5, 64 ; Cic. Tim. 35 ; Phil. 2, 93 ; Ov. M. 9, 498.
Ops
The wife of Saturnus. She was the Roman goddess of plenty and fertility, as is indicated by her name, which is connected with opimus, opulentus, inops, and copia. She was especially the protectress of agriculture; and was also the goddess of the world below, so that in worshipping her, persons stooped and touched the ground (Macrob. Sat. i. 10, 12; iii. 9, 12). She was honoured by the Fratres Arvales (q.v.) in the three days' festival held by them in summer, and in the Opalia, December 17, at the time of the Saturnalia. She was regarded as the wife of Saturnus, and her worship was closely connected with his and also with that of Ceres. As the goddess of seedtime, she was styled Ops Consīva, and was also called by the name Dea Dia.
Ops
Ops, father of Melas
- Paus. 8.28.5