English → Latin
“occasion” in Latin
causacause, reason; case, claim, contention; cause, judicial process, lawsuitmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance; timber; source, originlocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundsoccāsiōoccasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time, the favorable moment, the opportune momentānsahandle; tiller (handle of the rudder)praebeōto proffer, offer; to provide, grant, furnish, supply, service; to show, displayreprehēnsiōblame, reprimand, criticism; refutationdubitātiōdoubt, uncertainty; wavering, hesitation; questioning
The English word occasion itself goes back to Latin cadō, through occāsiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
occasion s.
causa (cause, reason): materia (materials for anything): locus, occasio (opportunity): ansa (PROP., a handle; then figuratively, an opportunity): to give occasion, occasionem dare; ansam dare or praebere (e.g., for blame, reprehensionis or ad reprehendendum): to give occasion to suspicion or doubt, locum dare suspicioni or dubitationi: to be an occasion of war, belli materiam praebere: to give occasion for a letter, argumentum epistolae dare: to be an occasion of laughter, risum movere or concitare: to take occasion, occasionem capere, sumere, or amplecti (the last, willingly or gladly): to seek occasion, occasionem captare: to cut off all occasion, praecidere alicui omnes causas: upon occasion, si occasio fuerit: tulerit; oblata facultate; ut primum occasio data fuerit (Cic.).
occasion v.
occasionem dare, ansam dare or praebere, rei (dative); locum dare rei (dative) or rei (genitive); materiam praebere (☞ Plaut. and Phaedrus often use concinnare in this sense). Vid: also, CAUSE, v.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for occasion?
- The usual Latin words for “occasion” are causa, māteria, locus; also occāsiō, ānsa, praebeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.