optatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From optō (“to choose, select”) +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈtaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [opˈtat.t͡si.o] === Noun === optātiō f (genitive optātiōnis); third declension wishing, a wish choosing, a choice ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: optatie → English: optation === References === “optatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “optatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "optatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “optatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.