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oportune

Dictionary entries

  • oportunus, oportuna -um, oportunior -or -us, oportunissimus -a -um:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = suitable; advantageous; useful, fit, favorable/opportune, ready; liable/exposed;

    Entry →
    voc. sg. (m.)
  • oportune, oportunius, oportunissime:

    Adverb

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = suitably; advantageously; conveniently, opportunely, favorably;

    Entry →

Examples

  • M

    Liber X

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...soni tantum sunt), sed prout oportune proprieque aut secus conlocata sunt, et compositio cum rebus accommodata..."
  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...quae vere sunt adiciam breviter, sicut ornent orationem oportune positae, ita ineptissimas esse cum inmodice petantur. Sunt..."
  • M

    Liber VI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...versibus similes quae paroidia dicitur:XCVIII. et proverbia oportune aptata, ut homini nequam lapso et ut adlevaretur roganti..."
  • M

    Liber Tertius

    Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus

    "...desciscere a vita, cum sit beatissimus, si id oportune facere possit, quod est convenienter naturae. sic enim censent..."
  • G

    Liber IV

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO

    "...quae imperasset facturos pollicerentur. Hoc sibi Caesar satis oportune accidisse arbitratus, quod neque post tergum hostem relinquere volebat..."

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