opportunity Copy link Outline 1. occāsio (the right or suitable time for action, as a thing to be watched for and used; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142, tempus actionis opportunum, Graece εὐκαιρία, Latine appellatur occasio2. tempus (which from the context, freq. = the right time)3. opportūnĭtas (suitableness in a general sense4. cōpia (means and facilities for doing anything)5. făcultas (sim. to copia • opportunity: 1. occāsio (the right or suitable time for action, as a thing to be watched for and used; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142, tempus actionis opportunum, Graece εὐκαιρία, Latine appellatur occasio: for opportunitas, v. infr. 3): to let slip an o. of doing anything, o. aliquid faciendi amittere, Caes. B. G. 3, 18: Ter.: also, o. praetermittere, Caes. B. C. 3, 25: not to miss an o., occasioni non deesse, ib. 3, 79: when an o. presents itself, o. datâ, Cic. Ph. 7, 6, 18; o. oblatâ, Suet. Caes. 73: on a favourable o., per o., Liv. 30, 3, extr.: what a good, splendid o., quanta, quam praeclara o., Cic. Mil. 14, 38. 2. tempus (which from the context, freq. = the right time): you have such an o. as no one ever had before, t. habes tale, quale nemo habuit unquam, Cic. Ph. 7, extr.: Pl. Merc. 5, 4, 39 (tale t., ut ...): compare also opportunely. Join: occasio et tempus, Pl. Ps. 4, 2, 3. 3. opportūnĭtas (suitableness in a general sense: esp. of place, opportunitas loci; also of time, opportunitas temporis): Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45 (where, like occasio, it is given as = Gk. εὐκαιρία, but in abstr. sense; not = an opportunity, but fitness of time): the knowledge of o.s for action, scientia opportunitatis idoneorum ad agendum temporum, id. Off. 1, 40, 142: to avail oneself of an o., o temporis uti, Caes. (in Kr.). 4. cōpia (means and facilities for doing anything): he had a fine o. of cementing an alliance, habere eum magnam c. societatis conjungendae, Sall. Jug. 83: to give all the o. of consulting one, facere omnibus consilii sui c., Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133. 5. făcultas (sim. to copia: power to do anything, practicability and so, opportunity): to give any one an o. of coming to a true judgment, alicui vere judicandi facere f., id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, 179: to present an o. of escape, f. fugae dare, Caes. B. G. 1, 32, extr.: so, potestas: v. power. Phr.: to give any one an o. to find fault, tanquam ansam dare alicui ad reprehendendum, Cic. Am. 16, 59 (v. handle): to meet with an o. for doing something, locum nancisci aliquid faciendi, id. Att. 1, 18, 3: to look for an o., l. spectare aliquid faciendi, Caes. B. G. 5, 44: Cato had the o. of indulging himself in retirement, Catoni licuit se delectare in otio, Cic. Rep. init. (v. liberty, be at).