optatio
Latin
Etymology
From optō (“to choose, select”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /opˈtaː.ti.oː/, [ɔpˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /opˈtat.t͡si.o/, [opˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
optātiō f (genitive optātiōnis); third declension
- wishing, a wish
- 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