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optō āvī, ātus, āre

2 AP-, to choose, select, prefer: sapientius, O.: in navīs ternos iuvencos, three for each ship, V.: alios ad fastum parentes, H.: ut optet, utrum malit . . . an, etc.—To wish, wish for, desire: optare hoc quidem est, non docere: tua vita optanda est, T.: nihil nisi quod honestum sit: Quod votis optastis, adest, V.: alqd a me, demand, T.: hoc et pallidus optas, pray for, Iu.: Hanc (coniugem), O.: tibi optamus eam rem p., in quā, etc.: mortem mihi, L.: neque parens liberis, uti aeterni forent, optavit, S.: ut amitteretis exercitum: Optavi, peteres caelestia sidera tarde, O.: hunc videre saepe optabamus diem, T.: mihi optandum illud est, finem facere: decorari versibus, H.: ex Indiā sospitem ipsum reverti, Cu.

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