optatio

Latin

Etymology

From optō (to choose, select) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

optātiō f (genitive optātiōnis); third declension

  1. wishing, a wish
  2. choosing, a choice

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative optātiō optātiōnēs
Genitive optātiōnis optātiōnum
Dative optātiōnī optātiōnibus
Accusative optātiōnem optātiōnēs
Ablative optātiōne optātiōnibus
Vocative optātiō optātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: optation

References

  • optatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • optatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • optatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • optatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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