LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

opportūnus

opportūnus (feminine opportūna, neuter opportūnum, comparative opportūnior, superlative opportūnissimus, adverb opportūnē)
Classical[ɔp.pɔrˈtuː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[op.porˈtuː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesuitable
  2. adjectiveadvantageous, useful
  3. adjectivefavourable, opportune, convenient

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

tempore aptō veniēns
opportūnus -a -um — in Epistulae, ch. 22

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeopportūnusopportūna
oportūna		opportūnum
oportūnum
genitiveopportūnī
oportūnī		opportūnae
oportūnae		opportūnī
oportūnī
dativeopportūnō
oportūnō		opportūnae
oportūnae		opportūnō
oportūnō
accusativeopportūnum
oportūnum		opportūnam
oportūnam		opportūnum
oportūnum
ablativeopportūnō
oportūnō		opportūnā
oportūnā		opportūnō
oportūnō
vocativeopportūne
oportūne		opportūna
oportūna		opportūnum
oportūnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeopportūnī
oportūnī		opportūnae
oportūnae		opportūna
oportūna
genitiveopportūnōrum
oportūnōrum		opportūnārum
oportūnārum		opportūnōrum
oportūnōrum
dativeopportūnīs
oportūnīs		opportūnīs
oportūnīs		opportūnīs
oportūnīs
accusativeopportūnōs
oportūnōs		opportūnās
oportūnās		opportūna
oportūna
ablativeopportūnīs
oportūnīs		opportūnīs
oportūnīs		opportūnīs
oportūnīs
vocativeopportūnī
oportūnī		opportūnae
oportūnae		opportūna
oportūna

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

opportuno loco situm or positum esse
to be favourably situated.

opportūnus (obp-), a, um, adj. obportus, lit., at or before the port; hence,
I. In gen., fit, meet, convenient, suitable, seasonable, opportune (class.; syn.: commodus, utilis): tempus actionis opportunum, Graece εὐκαιρια, Latine appellatur occasio, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142: aetas opportunissima, id. Fam. 7, 7, 2: nihil opportunius accidere vidi, id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Subst.: op-portūna, ōrum, n., fit or convenient things: locorum opportuna, Tac. A. 4, 24.—
II. In partic.
A. Advantageous, serviceable, useful: ceterae res, quae expetuntur, opportunae sunt singulae rebus singulis, Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—
B. Fit, suitable, adapted to any thing: ad omnia haec magis opportunus nemo est, Ter Eun. 5, 8, 47.—
C. Exposed, liable to any thing: Romanus cedentem hostem effuse sequendo opportunus huic eruptioni fuit, Liv. 6, 24: injuriae, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 98: opportuniora morbis corpora, id. 18, 7, 12, § 68.—Hence, adv.: opportūnē, fitly, seasonably, opportunely (class.), Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 1: venisse, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: locus opportune captus ad eam rem, id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68: opportune, importune, in season and out of season, Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 2.—Comp.: opportunius alio loco referemus, Gai. Inst. 2, 97.— Sup.: nuntiis opportunissime allatis, Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Liv. 32, 18.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin opportūnus From ob + portus + -nus.

Descendants
  • Catalanoportú
  • Frenchopportun
  • Englishopportunefrom French opportun
  • Romanianoportunfrom French opportun
  • Germanopportun
  • Italianopportuno
  • Portugueseoportuno
  • Spanishoportuno
  • Danishoportunfrom French opportun
  • Dutchopportuunfrom French opportun

Quick answers

What does opportūnus mean in Latin?
opportūnus, a adjective, means “suitable; advantageous, useful; favourable, opportune, convenient”.
How do you pronounce opportūnus?
In classical Latin, [ɔp.pɔrˈtuː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [op.porˈtuː.nus].