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optātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a wishing, a wish (class.).
II. Rhet. fig., the expression of a wish: “optatio atque exsecratio,Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 32; 9, 2, 3.—
III. A choosing, choice, Symm. Ep. 1, 1.
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    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.53
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.32
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