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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1231.occāsiō on page 1231
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occāsiō opportunity
occāsiō is a Latin Noun that primarily means opportunity.
Definitions for occāsiō
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
occasion, opportunity
English derivatives:
occasional
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Convenient or favourable circumstances (for an action), the right or appropriate monment (to do something), an opportunity, chance. (b) per ~onem or ~ones; at a favourable opportunity, when occasion offers; also, ex ~one or ~onibus.
- 2
(esp. w. gen. expr.: (a) the action for which an opportunity is afforded. (b) that which an opportunity occurs of obtaining. (c) the circumstance, etc., that which provides the opportunity.
- 3
Contingency, accident.
Sentences with occāsiō
Latin to English
Māvult haec sapientius facere nē hanc quidem occasiōnem āmittat.Compare He prefers to do these things more wisely so that he may not lose this occasion at least.
Muliebre ingenium, prolubium, occasio.Compare A woman's nature - desire, opportunity.
Alius consilium, alius animus, alius occasio desum; voluntas nemo.Compare Some wanted wisdom. others courage, others opportunity; but no one wanted the will.
Declension table for occāsiō
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | occāsiō | occāsiōnēs |
| Gen. | occāsiōnis | occāsiōnum |
| Dat. | occāsiōnī | occāsiōnibus |
| Acc. | occāsiōnem | occāsiōnēs |
| Abl. | occāsiōne | occāsiōnibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1231.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
Bibliography
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "occāsiō, occāsiōnis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/occasio-occasionis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 190.occāsiō, occāsiōnis on page 190
