I.a wishing, a wish (class.).
I. In gen.: “Theseo cum tres optationes Neptunus dedisset,” Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94.—
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.