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                    "description": "(v. a.P. a.adv.) : opto, āvi, ātum, 1 (optassis for optaveris, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 75), v. a. root op, whence Gr. ΟΠΤΩ, ὄψομαι; qs. to look out, pick out, = legere, eligere, optostrōtum, i, n. ὀπτός-στρωτόν\n* To choose, select (anteclass. and poet.; syn. deligo): utrum vis, opta, dum licet,Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 14; id. Aul. prol. 11: sapientius opta,Ov. M. 2, 102: non video hic, quid magnopere optem, Lucil. ap. Non. 358, 13: inhoneste parare divitias,Ter. And. 4, 5, 2: locum tecto,Verg. A. 1, 425: locum regno,id. ib. 3, 109: externos duces,id. ib. 8, 503: L. Furium optavit,Liv. 6, 25.—Hence, in relig. lang.: optatam hostiam, alii optimam, appellant eam, quam aedilis tribus constitutis hostiis optat, quam immolari velit,Fest. p. 186 Müll.\n* Transf., to wish, wish for, desire (the predominant signification of the word; cf.: volo, cupio, desidero, aveo): tua vita optanda est, Ter Phorm. 1, 3, 12: nihil nisi quod honestum sit,Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66: aliquid votis,Verg. A. 10, 279: vestitus, quem cupimus optamusque,Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 2: fortunam,id. Pis. 14, 32.—With ut (class. and freq.): (Phaëthon) optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur,Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94: numquam a dis immortalibus optabo. ut, etc.,id. Cat. 2, 7, 15.—With subj.: optavi, peteres caelestia sidera tarde,Ov. Tr. 2, 57.—With inf.: hunc videre saepe optabamus diem,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 29: cujus integrā re consilium exquirere optassem,Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2: officia mandare, deponere optantibus,id. Pan. 87, 2: Darius equestri proelio decernere optabat,Curt. 3, 11, 1; 4, 12, 4: meliores liberos habere,Suet. Oth. 1 fin.; Tac. Or. 9.—With acc. and inf.: impleri sinus optabamus,Quint. 10, 7, 23: ex Indiā sospitem ipsum reverti,Curt. 10, 1, 7: quem te esse opto,Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, Enn. ap. Aug. Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.). —Absol.: optare hoc quidem est, non docere,Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf. id. Ac. 2, 38, 121; id Fat. 20, 47: optare alicui aliquid, to wish one any thing, in a good sense: equidem tibi bona optavi omnia,Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 25: tibi optamus eam rem publicam, in quā, etc.,Cic. Brut. 97, 331; but mostly in a bad sense (= imprecari): si totum exercitum mortem mihi optasse crederem, Liv 28, 27, 10: quid mali feci, ut mihi pejorem reditum quam exitum optares?Sen. Ben. 6, 37, 2: furorem et insaniam optare alicui,id. Pis. 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107: aliquid ab aliquo, to desire, require, demand any thing of any one: quodvis donum et praemium a me optato, id optatum feres,Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27: hoc et pallidus optas,pray for,Juv. 10, 189.—Hence, op-tātus, a, um, P. a., wished, desired, longed for, agreeable, pleasing, pleasant, dear (class.): optati cives, populares, incolae,Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 1: rumores,Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1: gloria,Juv. 10, 187.—Comp.: nihil mihi fuit optatius, quam, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1.—Sup.: vale, mi optime et optatissime frater,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 2.\n* Subst.: optātum, i, n., a wish, desire: di tibi semper omnia optata offerant,Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21; cf. afferant,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 105: eveniunt optata deae. Ov. M. 6, 370: impetrare optatum,Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94: praeter optatum meum,against my wish,id. Pis. 20, 46: meis optatis fortuna respondit,id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: mihi in optatis est,it is my wish, I wish,id. ib. 2, 13, 2.—Hence, adv.: optā-tō, according to one's wish (class.): optato venire,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 26: mihi veneris,Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3: optato ventis aestate coortis,Verg. A. 10, 405.\n* A brick pavement, Not. Tir. p. 164."
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