optati
Dictionary entries
- Entry →opto, optare, optavi, optatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
choose, select; wish, wish for, desire;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →optatus, optata -um, optatior -or -us, optatissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
desired, wished for, welcome; chosen;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →optatum, optati:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
wish, desire;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...itidem fuat. 405 ACTVS III III.i CONGRIO ~Optati vires populares, incolae, accolae, advenae omnes, date viam qua fugere..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...invisi genus omne exscindere Phoebi. tum vero optatis potitur nec passa precari ulterius dedit acre decus fecundaque monstris..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tamen interea ~et tu potiare sepulcro.' tales optatis regum in complexibus ambo, par insigne animis, Aetolus et inclutus..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...pater ingens++ sed quid ego haec, fessosque optatis demoror undis? mecum age nunc, si forte uado Langia perennes..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tollunt se celeres liquidumque per aera lapsae sedibus optatis geminae super arbore sidunt, discolor unde auri per ramos..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Hesperiam magnam Saturniaque arva, sive Erycis finis regemque optatis Acesten, auxilio tutos dimittam, opibusque iuvabo. Voltis..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cupit, "elige," ait "virgo Cumaea, quid optes: optatis potiere tuis." ego pulveris hausti ostendens cumulum, quot haberet corpora..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quicquid corpore contigero, fulvum vertatur in aurum.' adnuit optatis nocituraque munera solvit Liber et indoluit, quod non meliora..."
