English → Latin
“opportune” in Latin
timeōto fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of; to be afraid, to fear, to be apprehensiveopportūnussuitable; advantageous, useful; favourable, opportune, convenientcommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyidōneussuitable, proper, fit, apt, convenient; sufficientperopportūnusvery suitable; very advantageous; very favourable, opportuneperappositusvery suitable, highly becoming
The English word opportune itself goes back to Latin ob, through opportunus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
opportune
Of place and time; then, also, of relations and persons, opportunus (the proper word); commodus (quite right, convenient): idoneus (fit; of time and place): appositus ad aliquid (suited, adapted to anything; of place). Very opportune, peropportunus; commodus; peridoneus; perappositus: an opportune time, tempus opportunum, commodum; idonea opportunitas; opportunitas (temporis, εὐκαιρία); tempus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for opportune?
- The usual Latin words for “opportune” are timeō, opportūnus, commodus; also idōneus, peropportūnus, perappositus. 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.