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|lshtext=<b>opto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (optassis for optaveris, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 75), v. a. [[root]] op, [[whence]] Gr. ΟΠΤΩ, [[ὄψομαι]]>; qs. to [[look]] [[out]], [[pick]] [[out]], = legere, eligere,<br /><b>I</b> to [[choose]], [[select]] (anteclass. and [[poet]].; syn. [[deligo]]): [[utrum]] vis, opta, dum [[licet]], Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 14; id. Aul. prol. 11: sapientius opta, Ov. M. 2, 102: non [[video]] hic, [[quid]] [[magnopere]] optem, Lucil. ap. Non. 358, 13: [[inhoneste]] parare divitias, Ter. And. 4, 5, 2: locum tecto, Verg. A. 1, 425: locum [[regno]], id. ib. 3, 109: externos duces, id. ib. 8, 503: L. Furium optavit, Liv. 6, 25.—Hence, in relig. lang.: optatam hostiam, alii optimam, appellant eam, [[quam]] [[aedilis]] [[tribus]] constitutis hostiis optat, [[quam]] immolari velit, Fest. p. 186 Müll. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[wish]], [[wish]] for, [[desire]] (the [[predominant]] [[signification]] of the [[word]]; cf.: [[volo]], [[cupio]], [[desidero]], [[aveo]]): tua [[vita]] optanda est, Ter Phorm. 1, 3, 12: [[nihil]] [[nisi]] [[quod]] honestum [[sit]], Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66: aliquid votis, Verg. A. 10, 279: [[vestitus]], quem cupimus optamusque, Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 2: fortunam, id. Pis. 14, 32.—With ut ([[class]]. and freq.): (Phaëthon) optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94: [[numquam]] a dis immortalibus optabo. ut, etc., id. Cat. 2, 7, 15.—With subj.: optavi, peteres caelestia sidera [[tarde]], Ov. Tr. 2, 57.—With inf.: hunc videre [[saepe]] optabamus diem, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 29: cujus integrā re [[consilium]] exquirere optassem, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2: officia mandare, deponere optantibus, id. [[Pan]]. 87, 2: [[Darius]] equestri [[proelio]] decernere optabat, Curt. 3, 11, 1; 4, 12, 4: meliores liberos habere, Suet. Oth. 1 fin.; Tac. Or. 9.—With acc. and inf.: impleri [[sinus]] optabamus, Quint. 10, 7, 23: ex Indiā sospitem ipsum reverti, Curt. 10, 1, 7: quem te esse [[opto]], Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3: omnes mortales [[sese]] laudarier optant, Enn. ap. Aug. Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.). —Absol.: optare hoc [[quidem]] est, non docere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf. id. Ac. 2, 38, 121; id Fat. 20, 47: optare alicui aliquid, to [[wish]] one [[any]] [[thing]], in a [[good]] [[sense]]: [[equidem]] [[tibi]] bona optavi omnia, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 25: [[tibi]] optamus eam rem publicam, in quā, etc., Cic. Brut. 97, 331; [[but]] [[mostly]] in a [[bad]] [[sense]] (= imprecari): si totum exercitum mortem mihi optasse crederem, Liv 28, 27, 10: [[quid]] mali feci, ut mihi pejorem reditum [[quam]] exitum optares? Sen. Ben. 6, 37, 2: furorem et insaniam optare alicui, id. Pis. 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107: aliquid ab [[aliquo]], to [[desire]], [[require]], [[demand]] [[any]] [[thing]] of [[any]] one: quodvis [[donum]] et [[praemium]] a me [[optato]], id optatum feres, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27: hoc et [[pallidus]] optas, [[pray]] for, Juv. 10, 189.—Hence, op-tātus, a, um, P. a., wished, [[desired]], longed for, [[agreeable]], [[pleasing]], [[pleasant]], [[dear]] ([[class]].): optati cives, populares, incolae, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 1: rumores, Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1: [[gloria]], Juv. 10, 187.—Comp.: [[nihil]] mihi fuit optatius, [[quam]], ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1.—Sup.: [[vale]], mi [[optime]] et optatissime [[frater]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: optātum, i, n., a [[wish]], [[desire]]: di [[tibi]] [[semper]] omnia optata offerant, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21; cf. afferant, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 105: eveniunt optata deae. Ov. M. 6, 370: impetrare optatum, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94: [[praeter]] optatum [[meum]], [[against]] my [[wish]], id. Pis. 20, 46: meis optatis [[fortuna]] respondit, id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: mihi in optatis est, it is my [[wish]], I [[wish]], id. ib. 2, 13, 2.—Hence, adv.: optā-tō, according to one's [[wish]] ([[class]].): [[optato]] venire, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 26: mihi veneris, Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3: [[optato]] ventis aestate coortis, Verg. A. 10, 405. ‡† optostrōtum, i, n. [[ὀπτός]]-στρωτόν,<br /><b>I</b> a [[brick]] pavement, Not. Tir. p. 164.
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