Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1260.optō on page 1260
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optāre to wish
optāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to wish.
Definitions for optāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
wish for, desire
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To express a wish for, desire, pray for: (a) (w. simple obj.). (b) (w. inf.) to desire or pray (to). (c) (w. acc. and inf. or sb. cls.). (d) (ellipt. or absol.). (e) bene ~are (also ~are alone) alicui (pro aliquo), to pray for someone's well being.
- 2
To choose, decide on.
Sentences with optāre
Latin to English
Terra nostra tantum pacem optat.Compare Our country only wishes for peace.
Nunc vero opto potius, ut eo in exsilium, quam queror.Compare But now let us wish that he may go into exile, rather than complain of it.
Conjugation table for optāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| optō optās optat optāmus optātis optant | optābam optābās optābat optābāmus optābātis optābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| optāvī optāvistī optāvit optāvimus optāvistis optāvērunt / optāvēre | optāveram optāverās optāverat optāverāmus optāverātis optāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| optābō optābis optābit optābimus optābitis optābunt | optāverō optāveris optāverit optāverimus optāveritis optāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| optem optēs optet optēmus optētis optent | optārem optārēs optāret optārēmus optārētis optārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| optāverim optāveris optāverit optāverimus optāveritis optāverint | optāvissem optāvissēs optāvisset optāvissēmus optāvissētis optāvissent |
Infinitive present optāre Infinitive perfect optāvisse Infinitive future optātūrum esse | Imperative present optā optāte Imperative future optātō optātō optātōte optantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| optor optāris optātur optāmur optāminī optantur | optābar optābāris / optābāre optābātur optābāmur optābāminī optābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| optātus sum optātus es optātus est optātī sumus optātī estis optātī sunt | optātus eram optātus erās optātus erat optātī erāmus optātī erātis optātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| optābor optāberis / optābere optābitur optābimur optābiminī optābuntur | optātus erō optātus eris optātus erit optātī erimus optātī eritis optātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| opter optēris / optēre optētur optēmur optēminī optentur | optārer optārēris / optārēre optārētur optārēmur optārēminī optārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| optātus sim optātus sīs optātus sit optātī sīmus optātī sītis optātī sint | optātus essem optātus essēs optātus esset optātī essēmus optātī essētis optātī essent |
Infinitive present optārī Infinitive perfect optātum esse Infinitive future optātum īrī | Imperative present optāre optāminī Imperative future optātor optātor - optāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | optāns | optantēs |
| Gen. | optantis | optantium |
| Dat. | optantī | optantibus |
| Acc. | optantem | optantēs |
| Abl. | optante | optantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | optātūrus | optātūrī |
| Gen. | optātūrī | optātūrōrum |
| Dat. | optātūrō | optātūrīs |
| Acc. | optātūrum | optātūrōs |
| Abl. | optātūrō | optātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | optātus | optātī |
| Gen. | optātī | optātōrum |
| Dat. | optātō | optātīs |
| Acc. | optātum | optātōs |
| Abl. | optātō | optātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | optandus | optandī |
| Gen. | optandī | optandōrum |
| Dat. | optandō | optandīs |
| Acc. | optandum | optandōs |
| Abl. | optandō | optandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | optāre | optātum |
| Gen. | optandī | optātū |
| Dat. | optandō | |
| Acc. | optandum | |
| Abl. | optandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 482.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1260.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "optō, optāre, optāvī, optātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/opto-optare-optavi-optatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 482.on page 482
