optatio
From LSJ
Ὁ κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες → The world is a stage, life is your entrance: you came, you saw, you departed (Democritus fr. 115 D-K)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
optātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a wishing, a wish (class.).
I In gen.: Theseo cum tres optationes Neptunus dedisset, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94.—
II Rhet. fig., the expression of a wish: optatio atque exsecratio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 32, 9, 2, 3.—
III A choosing, choice, Symm. Ep. 1, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
optātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (opto), faculté de souhaiter, de faire un vœu : Cic. Off. 3, 94 || optation : Cic. de Or. 3, 205 [fig. de rhét.].
