convenient Copy link Outline I. Becoming, properII. Opportune, serving to utility1. commŏdus2. opportūnus3. ĭdōneus4. hăbĭlis, e5. accommŏdātus, apposĭtus • convenient: I. Becoming, proper: esp. after the verb to be: when it may be rendered by convenire, decere: v. to become, befit, etc. II. Opportune, serving to utility: 1. commŏdus: i. e. generally advantageous or desirable: a dress c. for running, vestis ad cursum c., Ov.: the most c. passage to Britain, commodissimus in Britanniam trajectus, Caes.: c. winter quarters, hiberna c., Liv. Very c., percommŏdus, Liv. 2. opportūnus: esp. of place: a c. place, a suitable time, op. locus, tempus idoneum, Cic.: things c. for separate purposes, res op. singulae rebus singulis, id.: v. suitable. 3. ĭdōneus: i. e. answering a particular end: v. fit, suitable. 4. hăbĭlis, e: esp. of things worn, handled, or manipulated: swords of c. length, gladii habiles brevitate, Liv.: material light and c. for the purpose, materia levis et ad rem h., Sen.: Cic. Join: habilis et aptus, Cic. 5. accommŏdātus, apposĭtus: v. adapted, fit. Phr.: a c. season, occāsio: "tempus actionis opportunum, Graece εὐκαιρία, Latine appellatur occasio," Cic.: more c. seasons, majores occasiones, Cic.: also opportunitas temporis, id. (or opportunitas alone); also tempus alone; esp. in abl. tempore, at a c. time, as opp. to tempore non apto, Ov.: Cic.: Ter.