obportunitas

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.