Operâtio, operâtionis, f. g. Verb. Plin. Working: labouring.Moueri operatione alicuius.Cic.Operatio.Plaut.Dffering: sacryficing.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ŏpĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [operor], a working, work, labor, operation (not in Cic. or Cæs.). I. In gen.: insidiantur aquantibus (apibus) ranae, quae maxima earum est operatio, cum sobolem faciunt, Plin. 11, 18, 19, 61; 11, 24, 28, 80; Vitr. 2, 9.—II. In partic. A.A religious performance, service, or solemnity, a bringing of offerings: operationes denicales, offerings, Fest. s. v. privatae feriae, p. 242 Müll.; Inscr. a. 286, p. Chr. ap. Orell. 2234.—B. In Christian authors, beneficence, charity, Lact. 6, 12; Prud. Psych. 573.
