opto Latin · revision 4949

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *h₁ep-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɔp.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔp.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''optō''' (present infinitive optāre, perfect active optāvī, supine optātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a frequentative from a participle *opto- of [[itc-pro|*opeje-|t=to choose, grab]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁op-eie-|t=to choose, grab]], an iterative of [[ine-pro|*h₁ep-|t=to take, grab]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Vine explains Umbrian [[m|xum|upetu|t=let him select]] from the same iterative.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[hit|epp-|t=to take, grab]].^(de Vaan 2008) A link with [[opīnor]] “to suppose” is difficult in meaning.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to wish for, desire or pray for, as Plautus' “may the gods give you whatever you wish”, and to choose or decide on, as Plautus' “choose which you want”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Plautus has the old perfect subjunctive ''optāssis''.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein counts it, with [[volō]], among calm acts of will, against [[cupiō]] and [[aveō]], acts of passion.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Its noun [[optiō]] “choice” gave English ''option'', and through French it gave ''opt''.^(Etymonline) Its compound [[adoptō]] “to choose for oneself” was used of adoption.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of wishing and choosing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''option'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1877 – English ''opt'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To wish for, [[m|en|desire]], pray for.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|choose]], select, [[m|en|opt]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adoptō]]

+ * [[cooptō]]

+ * [[deoptō]]

+ * [[exoptō]]

+ * [[inoptātus]]

+ * [[optābilis]]

+ * [[optātiō]]

+ * [[optātīvus]]

+ * [[optātum]]

+ * [[optiō]]

+ * [[optīvus]]

+ * [[peroptātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[apīscor]]

+ * [[opīnor]]

+ * [[en|option]]

+ * [[en|opt]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}