opportunitas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From opportūnus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /op.porˈtuː.ni.taːs/, [ɔp.pɔrˈtuː.nɪ.taːs]

Noun

opportūnitās f (genitive opportūnitātis); third declension

  1. convenience, fitness
  2. opportunity, chance
  3. advantage
    • 44 BCE, Cicero, Laelius De Amicitia 6.22:
      Talis igitur inter viros amicitia tantas opportunitates habet quantas vix queo dicere.
      Therefore, among men like those just mentioned, friendship offers advantages almost beyond any power to describe.
  4. importance, significance

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative opportūnitās opportūnitātēs
Genitive opportūnitātis opportūnitātum
Dative opportūnitātī opportūnitātibus
Accusative opportūnitātem opportūnitātēs
Ablative opportūnitāte opportūnitātibus
Vocative opportūnitās opportūnitātēs

Descendants

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References
  • opportunitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • opportunitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • opportunitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the advantageous situation of a place: opportunitas loci (B. G. 3. 14)
  • opportunitas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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