optio

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin optio.

Noun

optio

1. (finance) option (a contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price)

Declension

Inflection of optio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		optio	optiot
genitive		option	optioiden optioitten
partitive		optiota	optioita
illative		optioon	optioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		optio	optiot
accusative	nom.	optio	optiot
	gen.	option
genitive		option	optioiden optioitten
partitive		optiota	optioita
inessive		optiossa	optioissa
elative		optiosta	optioista
illative		optioon	optioihin
adessive		optiolla	optioilla
ablative		optiolta	optioilta
allative		optiolle	optioille
essive		optiona	optioina
translative		optioksi	optioiksi
instructive		—	optioin
abessive		optiotta	optioitta
comitative		—	optioineen

Possessive forms of optio (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	optioni	optiomme
2nd person	optiosi	optionne
3rd person	optionsa

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Latin

Etymology

From optō (“choose, select”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.ti.oː/, [ˈɔpt̪ioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.t͡si.o/, [ˈɔpt̪͡s̪iɔ]

Noun

optiō f (genitive optiōnis); third declension

1. choosing, choice, preference, option

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	optiō	optiōnēs
Genitive	optiōnis	optiōnum
Dative	optiōnī	optiōnibus
Accusative	optiōnem	optiōnēs
Ablative	optiōne	optiōnibus
Vocative	optiō	optiōnēs

Related terms

• optō

Descendants

• Catalan: opció
• English: option
• Finnish: optio
• French: option
• Galician: opción
• Italian: opzione
• Piedmontese: opsion
• Portuguese: opção
• Romanian: opțiune
• Spanish: opción

Noun

optiō m (genitive optiōnis); third declension

1. helper, assistant
2. (military) adjutant, aide-de-camp

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	optiō	optiōnēs
Genitive	optiōnis	optiōnum
Dative	optiōnī	optiōnibus
Accusative	optiōnem	optiōnēs
Ablative	optiōne	optiōnibus
Vocative	optiō	optiōnēs

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ὀπτίων (optíōn)
  • → Aramaic: אבטיונא‎

References

• optio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• optio in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• optio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• optio in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
  • to give a person his choice: optionem alicui dare (Acad. 2. 7. 19)
    
  • to offer a person the alternative of... or..: optionem alicui dare, utrum...an
    
• optio in William Smith et al., editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin, 1890