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opportuna

opportuna is a Latin form of opportunus, meaning “suitable, convenient, timely; exposed”. It is the accusative plural neuter adjective or nominative singular feminine adjective or nominative plural neuter adjective.

Found 85 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Philippicae 4.6: nec solum id animose et fortiter sed considerate etiam sapienterque fecerunt: Albae constiterunt, in urbe opportuna, munita, propinqua, fortissimorum virorum, fidelissimorum civium atque optimorum. huius legionis legio quarta …

Lucan, Civil War 6.125: Opportuna tamen valli pars visa propinqui,

All forms of opportunus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.