opto

See also: optò, optó, opto-, and OPTO

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɔp.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔp.to]

Verb

opto

1. first-person singular present indicative of optar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔp.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔpto
• Hyphenation: òp‧to

Verb

opto

1. first-person singular present indicative of optare

Anagrams

• poto, potò, topo, topo-

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔp.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔp.to]

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

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.101–103:

     ne dubita! dabitur (Stygias iuravimus undas),
     quodcumque optaris; sed tu sapientius opta!

     For, doubt it not,
     as I have sworn it by the Stygian Waves,
     whatever thou shalt wish, it shall be given—
     but thou shouldst wish more wisely.
     Although the translation that this passage is sourced from gives 'wish' in both instances, the meaning here is of selecting rather than desiring, and could be more literally translated 'choose'; the meanings are closely related both in English and Latin.

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 [spoke] these [words] in reply: “Your task, O Queen [Juno], [is] to consider what you desire; for me it is right to carry out [divine] commands.”

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.115:

     Sed timidī est optāre necem.

     But it's the coward's part to wish for death.

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, optārunt, optāvēre2
	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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		optāre			optārī			optāns			—
future		optātūrum esse			optātum īrī			optātūrus			optandus
perfect		optāvisse, optāsse2			optātum esse			—			optātus
future perfect		—			optātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		optātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		optandī		optandō		optandum		optandō		optātum		optātū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "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

• adoptō
• cooptō
• exoptō
• optābilis
• optābiliter
• optātiō
• optātīvus
• optātō
• optātum
• optātus
• optīvus
• praeoptō

Related terms

• optiō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ottare (archaic)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: outar
  • Old Spanish: otar

Borrowed:

• → English: opt
• → French: opter
  • → Dutch: opteren
• → Galician: optar
• → Italian: optare
• → Piedmontese: opté
• → Portuguese: optar
• → Romanian: optare
• → Sicilian: uptari
• → Spanish: optar

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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “optate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔp.tu/, /ˈɔ.pi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔp.tu/, /ˈɔ.pi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔp.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ptu/

• Hyphenation: op‧to

Verb

opto

1. first-person singular present indicative of optar

Spanish

Verb

opto

1. first-person singular present indicative of optar