LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

opportūnitās

opportūnitās f (genitive opportūnitātis)
Classical[ɔp.pɔrˈtuː.nɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[op.porˈtuː.ni.tas]

Meaning

  1. convenience, fitness
  2. opportunity, chance
  3. advantage
    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.44 BCE, Cicero, Laelius De Amicitia 6.22
  4. importance, significance

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Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Occasio · Opportunitas · Potestas · Copia · Facultas

Occasio and opportunitas are the opportunities which fortune and chance offer; occasio, the opportunity to undertake something in a general sense, like καιρός; opportunitas, the opportunity to undertake something with facility and the probability of success, like εὐκαιρία; whereas potestas and copia are opportunities offered by men, and through their complaisance; potestas denotes the possibility of doing something with legal authority; copia the possibility of doing something with convenience; lastly, facultas, as the most general expression, the possibility to do something in a general sense.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeopportūnitāsopportūnitātēs
oportūnitātēs
genitiveopportūnitātis
oportūnitātis		opportūnitātum
oportūnitātum
dativeopportūnitātī
oportūnitātī		opportūnitātibus
oportūnitātibus
accusativeopportūnitātem
oportūnitātem		opportūnitātēs
oportūnitātēs
ablativeopportūnitāte
oportūnitāte		opportūnitātibus
oportūnitātibus
vocativeopportūnitāsopportūnitātēs
oportūnitātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

opportunitas loci (B. G. 3. 14)
the advantageous situation of a place.

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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin opportūnitās From opportūnus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanoportunitat
  • Englishopportunity
  • Frenchopportunité
  • Italianopportunità
  • Portugueseoportunidade
  • Romanianoportunitate
  • Spanishoportunidad
  • Dutchopportuniteit
  • Piedmonteseoportunità
  • Swedishopportunitet

In English words that came into English from opportūnitās

  • opportunityopportūnitās

Quick answers

What does opportūnitās mean in Latin?
opportūnitās, a noun, means “convenience, fitness; opportunity, chance; advantage”.
What is the genitive of opportūnitās?
The genitive singular is opportūnitātis. opportūnitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce opportūnitās?
In classical Latin, [ɔp.pɔrˈtuː.nɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [op.porˈtuː.ni.tas].