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optĭo , ōnis, f. opto,
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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.19.2
    • Old Testament, 2 Samuel, 24.12
    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 14.45
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 23.64
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.4
    • Old Testament, 1 Chronicles, 21.10
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.2
    • Cicero, De Fato, 2
    • Cicero, Brutus, 50.189
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