opto

See also: optò, optó, opto-, and OPTO

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

opto

first-person singular present indicative of optar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

opto

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): /ˈop.toː/, [ˈɔpt̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.to/, [ˈɔpt̪o]

Verb

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

to choose, select, prefer, opt
Synonyms: adoptō, dēstinō, dēligō, ēligō, dēsūmō, sēpōnō, legō, sūmō, capiō, creō
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.”

Conjugation

Conjugation of optō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	optā	—	—	optāte	—
active	future	—	optātō	optātō	—	optātōte	optantō
passive	present	—	optāre	—	—	optāminī	—
passive	future	—	optātor	optātor	—	—	optantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

Related terms

optiō

Descendants

Inherited:
- Old Italian: ottare
- 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.
“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

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ptu/

Hyphenation: op‧to

Verb

opto

first-person singular present indicative of optar

Spanish

Verb

opto

first-person singular present indicative of optar