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opportunitas
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Lewis Short
opportūnĭtas | obp- (noun F) : (), , opportunus.
* In gen., fitness, convenience, suitableness (class.; syn. occasio; cf.: copia, facultas): loci,local advantages,Caes. B. G. 3, 14: corporis,Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27: anuli,id. Off. 3, 9, 38: membrorum,id. N D. 1, 33, 92: aetatis,Sall. J. 6, 3.
* In partic.
* A fit, opportune, or favorable time, a favorable opportunity: optimā opportunitate ambo autem venistis,Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 3; so id. Ep. 2, 2, 19: scientia opportunitatis idoneorum ad agendum temporum,Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142: omni negotio est,Vulg. Eccl. 8, 6.—Personified as a goddess, Opportunity, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 3.
* An advantage: tales igitur inter viros amicitia tantas opportunitates habet,Cic. Lael. 6, 22. opportunitate aliquā datā, if some advantage offered itself, Caes. B. G. 3, 17.
* In gen., fitness, convenience, suitableness (class.; syn. occasio; cf.: copia, facultas): loci,local advantages,Caes. B. G. 3, 14: corporis,Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27: anuli,id. Off. 3, 9, 38: membrorum,id. N D. 1, 33, 92: aetatis,Sall. J. 6, 3.
* In partic.
* A fit, opportune, or favorable time, a favorable opportunity: optimā opportunitate ambo autem venistis,Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 3; so id. Ep. 2, 2, 19: scientia opportunitatis idoneorum ad agendum temporum,Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142: omni negotio est,Vulg. Eccl. 8, 6.—Personified as a goddess, Opportunity, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 3.
* An advantage: tales igitur inter viros amicitia tantas opportunitates habet,Cic. Lael. 6, 22. opportunitate aliquā datā, if some advantage offered itself, Caes. B. G. 3, 17.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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