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optatio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From optō (to choose, select) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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optātiō f (genitive optātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative optātiō optātiōnēs
genitive optātiōnis optātiōnum
dative optātiōnī optātiōnibus
accusative optātiōnem optātiōnēs
ablative optātiōne optātiōnibus
vocative optātiō optātiōnēs

Descendants

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  • Dutch: optatie
  • English: optation

References

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  • 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.