Optatus

== Latin == === Etymology === From optātus (“desired, wished”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈtaː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [opˈtaː.tus] === Proper noun === Optātus m sg (genitive Optātī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Flavius Optatus, a Roman senator ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Optatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.