oportuno
Dictionary entries
- Entry →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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...negari res neque defendi posset, risu sunt et oportuno ioco elapsi. Namque unus ex iis "immo", inquit, "nisi..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...intellexit, loco pro castris ad aciem instruendam natura oportuno atque idoneo, quod is collis ubi castra posita erant..."
