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): [ˈɔp.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔp.t̪o]

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, 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
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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

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/
- (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