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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=optatio optationis N F :: [[wish]]; [[expression of a wish]]; [[act of wishing]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>optātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a wishing, a [[wish]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: Theseo cum [[tres]] optationes [[Neptunus]] dedisset, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94.—<br /><b>II</b> Rhet. [[fig]]., the [[expression]] of a [[wish]]: [[optatio]] [[atque]] [[exsecratio]], Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 32, 9, 2, 3.—<br /><b>III</b> A choosing, [[choice]], Symm. Ep. 1, 1.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>optātĭō</b>,¹⁶ ōnis, f. ([[opto]]), faculté de souhaiter, de faire un vœu : Cic. Off. 3, 94 &#124;&#124; optation : Cic. de Or. 3, 205 [fig. de rhét.].||optation : Cic. de Or. 3, 205 [fig. de rhét.].
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{{Georges
|georg=optātio, ōnis, f. ([[opto]]), I) das [[Wünschen]], der [[Wunsch]], a) übh.: [[optio]] est [[optatio]], Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 184, 13: adverbia significant optationem, ut ›[[utinam]], o, o si‹, Diom. 404, 10: Plur., alci [[tres]] optationes dare, [[drei]] Wünsche [[erlauben]], Cic. de off. 3, 94: [[iterum]] agit de hominum optationibus, Schol. Pers. 2, 42. – b) [[als]] [[Redefigur]], griech. [[ευχή]], Cic. de or. 3, 205 u. Quint. 9, 1, 32. Vgl. Ernesti Lex. technol. Latin. rhet. p. 274. – II) das Wählen, die [[Wahl]] = die [[Freiheit]], zu [[wählen]], Symm. epist. 1, 1.
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