opportunus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ob +‎ portus +‎ -nus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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opportūnus (feminine opportūna, neuter opportūnum, comparative opportūnior, superlative opportūnissimus, adverb opportūnē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. suitable
    Synonym: dignus
  2. advantageous, useful
  3. favourable, opportune, convenient
    Synonyms: ūtilis, commodus, aptus, idōneus, conveniēns, habilis, iūstus, lēgitimus, salūber, ūtēnsilis
    Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative opportūnus opportūna opportūnum opportūnī opportūnae opportūna
Genitive opportūnī opportūnae opportūnī opportūnōrum opportūnārum opportūnōrum
Dative opportūnō opportūnō opportūnīs
Accusative opportūnum opportūnam opportūnum opportūnōs opportūnās opportūna
Ablative opportūnō opportūnā opportūnō opportūnīs
Vocative opportūne opportūna opportūnum opportūnī opportūnae opportūna

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References

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  • opportunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • opportunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • opportunus 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)
  • opportunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be favourably situated: opportuno loco situm or positum esse