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opportunus

opportunus, fit, meet, adapted, convenient, suitable, seasonable, opportune

BWL

haec ei satis opportune acciderunt
these things happened to him suitably enough

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

opportūnus, a, um: adj. (ob and portus, opposite to, or at the entrance of a harbor), convenient, fit, 8.235; proper.

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oportunis Adjective: masculine dative plural, Adjective: masculine ablative plural, Adjective: feminine dative plural, Adjective: feminine ablative plural, Adjective: neuter dative plural, Adjective: neuter ablative plural of opportunus

See oportunis in Morpho

opportūnus (obp-), a, um, adj. [obportus, lit., at or before the port; hence],
  • In gen., fit, meet, convenient, suitable, seasonable, opportune (class.; syn.: commodus, utilis): tempus actionis opportunum, Graece εὐκαιρία, 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. 1077.—
    • 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. 81: 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.

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