I.choice, free choice, liberty to choose, privilege, option (class.): “optio haec tua est, utram harum vis condicionem, accipe,” Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 13: “nec mihi jus meum optinendi optio est,” id. Cas. 2, 2, 19: “utro frui malis, optio sit tua,” Cic. Fat. 2, 3: “vobis datur, utrum velitis,” you have your choice, id. Caecin. 23, 64: “potestatem optionemque facere alicui, ut eligat,” to let a person have his choice, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45: “eligendi cui patroni daretur optio,” id. Brut. 50, 189: “hiberna legionis eligendi optio delata commodum,” id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3): “optionem tribuere,” Sulp. Sev. p. 191 Horn.: “optionem proponere,” Ambros. Poenit. 2, 6, 50; Aug. Trin. 14, 19: “trium tibi datur optio,” Vulg. 2 Reg. 24, 12; id. 1 Par. 21, 10: “tutoris,” selection, Gai. Inst. 1, 150.
optĭo , ōnis, f. opto,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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