Latin

Noun

occāsiō f ‎(genitive occāsiōnis); third declension

1. occasion, opportunity

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• occasio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• occasio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• OCCASIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “occasio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a favourable[1] opportunity presents itself: occasio datur, offertur
    
  • when occasion offers; as opportunity occurs: occasione data, oblata
    
  • when occasion offers; as opportunity occurs: per occasionem
    
  • on every occasion; at every opportunity: quotienscunque occasio oblata est; omnibus locis
    
  • to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: occasionem alicui dare, praebere alicuius rei or ad aliquid faciendum
    
  • to get, meet with, a favourable opportunity: occasionem nancisci
    
  • to make use of, avail oneself of an opportunity: occasione uti
    
  • to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
    
  • to neglect an opportunity: occasioni deesse
    
  • to seize an opportunity: occasionem arripere