opto

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See also: optò, optó, opto-, and OPTO

Catalan

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opto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of optar

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

opto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of optare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *opetāō, the frequentative of *opeō, whose original form is only attested in the forms of the descendant Umbrian 𐌖𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌖 (upetu) and with a probable earlier form *opejō. See Proto-Italic page for further etymology.

Pronunciation

Verb

optō (present infinitive optāre, perfect active optāvī, supine optātum); first conjugation

  1. to choose, select, prefer, opt
    Synonyms: adoptō, dēstinō, dēligō, ēligō, dēsūmō, sēpōnō, legō, sūmō, capiō, creō
  2. to wish for, hope for, long for, desire
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.76–77:
      Aeolus haec contrā: “Tuus, Ō rēgīna, quid optēs
      explōrāre labor; mihi iussa capessere fās est.”
      Aeolus these in reply: “Your task, O Queen , to consider what you desire; for me it is right to carry out commands.”

Conjugation

   Conjugation of optō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present optō optās optat optāmus optātis optant
imperfect optābam optābās optābat optābāmus optābātis optābant
future optābō optābis optābit optābimus optābitis optābunt
perfect optāvī optāvistī,
optāstī2 		optāvit,
optāt2 		optāvimus,
optāmus2 		optāvistis,
optāstis2 		optāvērunt,
optāvēre,
optārunt2
pluperfect optāveram,
optāram2 		optāverās,
optārās2 		optāverat,
optārat2 		optāverāmus,
optārāmus2 		optāverātis,
optārātis2 		optāverant,
optārant2
future perfect optāverō,
optārō2 		optāveris,
optāris2 		optāverit,
optārit2 		optāverimus,
optārimus2 		optāveritis,
optāritis2 		optāverint,
optārint2
sigmatic future1 optāssō optāssis optāssit optāssimus optāssitis optāssint
passive present optor optāris,
optāre 		optātur optāmur optāminī optantur
imperfect optābar optābāris,
optābāre 		optābātur optābāmur optābāminī optābantur
future optābor optāberis,
optābere 		optābitur optābimur optābiminī optābuntur
perfect optātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect optātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect optātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present optem optēs optet optēmus optētis optent
imperfect optārem optārēs optāret optārēmus optārētis optārent
perfect optāverim,
optārim2 		optāverīs,
optārīs2 		optāverit,
optārit2 		optāverīmus,
optārīmus2 		optāverītis,
optārītis2 		optāverint,
optārint2
pluperfect optāvissem,
optāssem2 		optāvissēs,
optāssēs2 		optāvisset,
optāsset2 		optāvissēmus,
optāssēmus2 		optāvissētis,
optāssētis2 		optāvissent,
optāssent2
sigmatic aorist1 optāssim optāssīs optāssīt optāssīmus optāssītis optāssint
passive present opter optēris,
optēre 		optētur optēmur optēminī optentur
imperfect optārer optārēris,
optārēre 		optārētur optārēmur optārēminī optārentur
perfect optātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect optātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — optā — — optāte —
future — optātō optātō — optātōte optantō
passive present — optāre — — optāminī —
future — optātor optātor — — optantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives optāre optāvisse,
optāsse2 		optātūrum esse optārī optātum esse optātum īrī
participles optāns — optātūrus — optātus optandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
optandī optandō optandum optandō optātum optātū

1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Inherited:
    • Old Spanish: otar
    • Portuguese: outar
  • Borrowed:

References

  • “opto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “opto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • opto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “optate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: op‧to

Verb

opto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of optar

Spanish

Verb

opto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of optar
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