opportunitas

Latin

Alternative forms

• oportūnitās

Etymology

From opportūnus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /op.porˈtuː.ni.taːs/, [ɔpːɔrˈt̪uːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /op.porˈtu.ni.tas/, [opːorˈt̪uːnit̪äs]

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 noun.

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

Descendants

• English: opportunity
• French: opportunité
• Italian: opportunità
• Portuguese: oportunidade
• Spanish: oportunidad

Antonyms

• importūnitās

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the advantageous situation of a place: opportunitas loci (B. G. 3. 14)
    
• opportunitas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016