obperior

oppĕrĭor ( obp- ), pĕrītus and pertus, 4 (arch. forms, fut. opperibor, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 107 al.; inf. opperirier, id. ib. 2, 3, 5; v. infra; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 51), v. dep. n. and a. [kindred with experior, from perior, whence peritus].

I.

Neutr., to wait (class.;

syn.: exspecto, praestolor): opperiri exspectare,

Fest. p. 187 Müll.:

pol, quamquam domi cupio, opperiar,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23:

vel sex mensis opperibor,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 89:

non quis parumper durare opperirier?

id. Truc. 2, 3, 5:

aut ibidem opperiar, aut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 10, 1:

ego in Arcano opperior, dum ista cognosco,

id. ib. 10, 3, 1:

unam praeterea horam ne oppertus sies,

wait a whole hour, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 30.—Followed by ut with subj.:

simul opperiens, ut terrestris copiae traicerentur,

Liv. 42, 48, 10; Tac. A. 15, 68; Tiro ap. Gell. 6, 3, 42.—

II.

Act., to wait for, await, expect a person or thing.

(α).

With a personal object:

servom, quem ego me jusseram hic opperiri,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 18:

abi intro: ibi me opperire,

Tert. And. 3, 2, 43:

hostem,

Verg. A. 10, 771:

imperatorem,

Tac. A. 4, 66.—

(β).

With an inanim. object:

seni non otium erat, id sum opperitus,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 101:

tempora sua,

Liv. 1, 56, 8:

tempus dextrum,

to wait for the right time, Sil. 5, 85.