The corpus record — Latin

opportunitas

opportunitas · f

fitness

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Where it lives

Ludus Septem Sapientum 1 · 7.58/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Pro M. Marcello 1 · 3.61/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 2 · 2.97/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 3 · 2.88/10k
Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
Jugurtha 5 · 2.36/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 3 · 2.28/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 3 · 2.07/10k
De Architectura 11 · 1.91/10k
De Inventione 6 · 1.81/10k

Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

opportūnĭtas — Lewis & Short

opportūnĭtas (obp-), ātis, f.opportunus.

I In gen., fitness, convenience, suitableness (class.; syn. occasio; cf.: copia, facultas): loci, local advantages, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: corporis, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27: anuli, id. Off. 3, 9, 38: membrorum, id. N D. 1, 33, 92: aetatis, Sall. J. 6, 3.—

II In partic.

A A fit, opportune, or favorable time, a favorable opportunity: optimā opportunitate ambo autem venistis, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 3; so id. Ep. 2, 2, 19: scientia opportunitatis idoneorum ad agendum temporum, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142: omni negotio est, Vulg. Eccl. 8, 6.—Personified as a goddess, Opportunity, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 3.—

B An advantage: tales igitur inter viros amicitia tantas opportunitates habet, Cic. Lael. 6, 22. opportunitate aliquā datā, if some advantage offered itself, Caes. B. G. 3, 17.

In the wild

opportunitate Pliny the Younger, Letters 10.63.1
opportunitate Cicero, De Officiis 1.142.p1
opportunitatem Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 21.7.3
opportunitatem Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 p29
opportunitate Plautus, Epidicus 2.2
opportunitate Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.34.4

6 of 145 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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