adverb
magnopere
magnopere (comparative magis, superlative maximē or maximopere)
Classical[maŋˈnɔ.pɛ.rɛ]Ecclesiastical[maɲˈɲɔː.pe.re]
Meaning
- greatly, exceedingly
- earnestly, vehemently
magnŏpĕrē (so written by Plaut., Cæs., Liv., and Sen., but ap. Ter., Cic., Plin. H. N., the best MSS. and edd. have magnō opĕre; cf.
I.
Ellendt, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164; Osann, Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13), adv. magnus-opus, with great labor; hence, in gen., very much, greatly, exceedingly, particularly, earnestly. A. With verbs and verbal adjj., etc. (class.):
edictum est magnopere mihi, ne, etc., Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 59: L. Gellius philosophis magno opere auctor fuit, ut, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: ego tibi Romam properandum, magno opere censeo, id. Fam. 15, 14, 4; id. de Or. 2, 86, 353: desidero, id. Sen. 13, 44: nullā magnopere clade acceptā, Liv. 3, 26.—Esp., with words denoting mental action, as velle, petere, orare, hortari, desiderare, mirari, etc., strongly, vehemently, with all one's heart, zealously: hoc etiam magnopere oravit, ut, etc., Suet. Ner. 57: magno opere velle, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1: magnopere cohortatus, Caes. B. G. 2, 5: suadere, Liv. 3, 71, 8: desiderare, Cic. Lael. 13, 44: mirari, id. Off. 2, 16, 56; so with putare, censere, providere, etc., strongly, earnestly: putare, id. Fam. 6, 13, 12: censeo, id. ib. 15, 14, 6; Liv. 3, 18, 3: quā de re, judices, vobis magno opere providendum est, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; cf.: nulla magno opere expectatio est, no very great, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1.—In tmesi: magnoque opere abs te peto, cures, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 34. —In the contrary order: opere magno edicite, ut etc., Att. ap. Non. 357, 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 508 Rib.).—In comp.: quo majore opere dico suadeoque, uti, etc., the more, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 4.—In sup.: meministin' mihi te maximopere dicere? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 13: a te maximo opere etiam atque etiam quaeso et peto, ut, etc., most particularly, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 1: maximopere indigne ferens, Liv. 42, 57.—In tmesi: Thais maximo te orabat opere, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 26.—In inverted order: rogare jussit te opere maximo, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 94: nos ambo opere maximo dabamus operam, ut, etc., Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 33.—B. With adjectives = valde (very rare):
id ego Tadio et gratum esse intellexi et magno opere jucundum, Cic. Att. 1, 8, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
māgnoperē (Cs., L.) or māgnō opere (T., C.), adv. with sup. māximō opere
abl. of magnum opus, very much, greatly, exceedingly, particularly : nullā magnopere clade acceptā, L.: magno opere iucundum (i. e. valde).— Earnestly, zealously, vehemently, heartily, urgently : magno opere velle: magnopere cohortatus, Cs.: suadere, L.: quā de re magno opere vobis providendum est: mihi maxumo opere edicire, T.: a te maximo opere quaeso, ut, etc., most particularly .
Origins
Univerbation of magnō + opere, literally “to a great extent, with great effort”.