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
- convenience, fitness
- opportunity, chance
- 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.
- Talis igitur inter viros amicitia tantas opportunitates habet quantas vix queo dicere.
- 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
- English: opportunity
- French: opportunité
- Italian: opportunità
- Portuguese: oportunidade
- Spanish: oportunidad
Antonyms
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)
- 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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