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they were undertaking a surprise

  • 1 occasio

    occāsĭo, ōnis, f. [occĭdo, a falling out, a happening, hap; hence], an occasion, opportunity, fit time, convenient season, favorable moment for doing any thing; eukairia, kairos (syn.: opportunitas, locus, facultas).
    I.
    In gen.:

    occasio est pars temporis, habens in se alicujus rei idoneam faciendi aut non faciendi opportunitatem... in occasione, ad spatium temporis, faciendi quaedam opportunitas intellegitur adjuncta,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40: tempus actionis opportunum Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, id. Off. 1, 40, 142: occasio opportunitas temporis casu quodam provenientis est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.:

    dum datur mihi occasio Tempusque,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30; cf.:

    nunc occasio est et tempus,

    id. Ps. 4, 2, 3; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 4:

    an ego occasionem tantam, tam brevem, tam optatam, tam insperatam Amitterem?

    id. Eun. 3, 5, 56:

    minima,

    Suet. Calig. 14; cf.

    summa,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 2 infra: occasionem nancisci, Afran. ap. Non. 308, 13:

    quem, si interficere voluisset, quantae quoties occasiones, quam praeclarae fuerunt,

    Cic. Mil. 14, 38:

    occasio opprimendi,

    id. ib. 15:

    inrumpendi in urbem,

    Curt. 4, 5, 16:

    resistendi,

    id. 7, 4, 4: majores occasiones ad opitulandum haberem, more opportunities, Planc [p. 1250] up. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

    ut primum occasio data est rem publicam defendendi,

    as soon as an opportunity presented itself, Cic. Fam. 12, 242:

    occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse arbitratur,

    has presented itself, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

    amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

    occasio mirifica,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 2:

    opportuna,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, 3:

    quo faciliorem occasionem Salvio praebuit perficiendi conata,

    Suet. Galb. 17:

    occasio minor opinione,

    id. Caes. 3:

    tam bona,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

    lepida,

    id. Mil. 4, 1, 30:

    bellissima,

    Petr. S. 25:

    occasionem amittere,

    to lose, let slip, Cic. Caecin. 5, 15:

    omittere,

    Suet. Cal. 14; so,

    praetermittere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    capere,

    to seize, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

    arripere,

    Liv. 35, 12, 17:

    occasiones quaerere,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 4:

    rapere de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

    amplecti,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 1:

    sumere,

    Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

    occasione uti,

    Just. 38, 5, 1:

    non deesse occasioni,

    not to miss, to profit by, Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

    cunctationem hostium suam fore occasionem rati,

    Curt. 4, 6, 13:

    dum datur mihi occasio tempusque,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 29:

    ne a fortunā datam occasionem liberandae Graeciae dimitterent,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 3; id. Alc. 8, 5:

    cujus (rei) se occasio dederit,

    Quint. 12, 2, 12: (paratus) depugnare, si occasio tulerit, mori, si casus inciderit, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

    occasionem aperire ad invadendum,

    Liv. 4, 53, 9:

    occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

    occasione datā,

    should an opportunity offer, id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; cf.:

    occasione oblatā simultates deponere,

    Suet. Caes. 73:

    praebere,

    id. Galb. 17:

    offerre,

    id. Aug. 16:

    per occasionem,

    on a favorable opportunity, Liv. 30, 3:

    rem inmaturam nisi per occasionem aperire noluerat,

    id. 1, 5, 5; 1, 53, 7; 2, 11, 2; Sall. C. 51, 6:

    fratris memoriā per omnem occasionem celebratā,

    on every occasion, Suet. Claud. 11; id. Aug. 67:

    ad occasionem aurae evehi,

    the wind being fair, taking advantage of a fair wind, id. ib. 97:

    levia proelia ex occasione hujus aut illius partis oriebantur,

    Liv. 24, 3, 17:

    ex occasione,

    as occasion offered, Suet. Caes. 60:

    occasione omni,

    on every occasion, id. Claud. 42.—With inf.:

    nunc adest occasio Benefacta cumulare = occasio cumulandi,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 63:

    nunc est illa occasio inimicum ulcisci,

    id. Pers. 4, 7, 15:

    agere tuam rem occasio est,

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 46; 5, 4, 42; id. Curc. 1, 1, 60; cf.:

    summa eludendi occasio'st mihi nunc senes Et Phaedriae curam adimere,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 45.—With ut and subj.:

    fuit occasio, si vellet, jam pridem argentum ut daret,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 51:

    quoniam occasio fuit Mea virtute parta ut quantum velles sumeres,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 22:

    rara haec occasio est, ut referri possint divini honores,

    Quint. 3, 7, 17.—
    B.
    Personified: Occasio, Opportunity, as a goddess, Phaedr. 5, 8; Aus. Epigr. 12, 3.—
    II.
    In partic.
    1.
    Opportunity.
    a.
    Facility or means of having a thing:

    solitudinis,

    Tac. A. 15, 50.—
    b.
    A supply, stock (post-Aug.):

    oleae,

    Col. 9, 1:

    lapidum,

    Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

    vetusti olei,

    id. 23, 4, 40, § 82.—
    2.
    A pretext, plea, plausible explanation:

    hāc illi opus est occasione, ne illum talium precum pudeat,

    Quint. 3, 8, 47:

    occasiones et ex causis et ex dictis adversariorum oriuntur,

    id. 6, 1, 5; 12, 10, 13:

    quantulacunque adeo est occasio, sufficit irae,

    Juv. 13, 183.—
    3.
    Occasion, motive, reason:

    non habeo ullam occasionem, ut apud te falsa fabuler,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 38.—
    4.
    Milit. t. t., a dash, raid, surprise:

    occasionis esse rem, non proelii,

    they were undertaking a surprise, not a battle, Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 9:

    cujus (belli) maxima momenta in occasionibus sunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 1:

    occasionibus imminere,

    Front. 2, 5, 22. —
    5.
    A cause (late Lat.): cum calcis ictu mortis occasio praebita videatur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 10, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > occasio

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