occasio

occāsiō ōnis, f

ob+1 CAD-, an opportunity, fit time, occasion, convenient season, favorable moment : tanta, T.: tua, L.: aliis occasio defuit: pugnandi, S.: inrumpendi in urbem, Cu.: sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblata: occasionem amittere, let slip : adripere, seize , L.: rapere de die, H.: non deesse occasioni, not to be unequal to , Cs.: a fortunā data liberandae Graeciae, N.: intellegere occasiones, discern , Ta.: occasione datā, should an opportunity offer : per occasionem, on a favorable opportunity , S.: levia proelia ex occasione huius aut illius partis oriebantur, L.: Summa occasiost mihi Phaedriae curam adimere, T.—Person., Opportunity (as a goddess), Ph.— A pretext, excuse, plausible explanation : Quantulacunque est occasio, sufficit irae, Iu.—In war, a dash, raid, surprise : occasio, non proelium, Cs.