occasio
Latin
Etymology
From occāsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /okˈkaː.si.oː/, [ɔkˈkäːs̠ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /okˈka.si.o/, [okˈkäːs̬io]
Noun
occāsiō f (genitive occāsiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | occāsiō | occāsiōnēs |
| Genitive | occāsiōnis | occāsiōnum |
| Dative | occāsiōnī | occāsiōnibus |
| Accusative | occāsiōnem | occāsiōnēs |
| Ablative | occāsiōne | occāsiōnibus |
| Vocative | occāsiō | occāsiōnēs |
Descendants
References
- “occasio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occasio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occasio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- occasio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a favourable[1] opportunity presents itself: occasio datur, offertur
- when occasion offers; as opportunity occurs: occasione data, oblata
- when occasion offers; as opportunity occurs: per occasionem
- on every occasion; at every opportunity: quotienscunque occasio oblata est; omnibus locis
- to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: occasionem alicui dare, praebere alicuius rei or ad aliquid faciendum
- to get, meet with, a favourable opportunity: occasionem nancisci
- to make use of, avail oneself of an opportunity: occasione uti
- to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
- to neglect an opportunity: occasioni deesse
- to seize an opportunity: occasionem arripere
- a favourable[1] opportunity presents itself: occasio datur, offertur