Italian

Verb

opto

1. first-person singular present indicative of optare

Anagrams

• poto, potò
• topo

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative verb of obsolete *opiō, from Proto-Indo-European *op- ‎(“to prefer, choose”). See also opīnor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.toː/

Verb

optō ‎(present infinitive optāre, perfect active optāvī, supine optātum); first conjugation

1. I choose, select.
2. I wish for, desire.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• optiō

Descendants

• English: opt
• French: opter
• Italian: optare
• Portuguese: optar, outar
• Romanian: optare
• Spanish: optar

References

• opto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• opto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “opto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• optate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Portuguese

Verb

opto

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of optar

Spanish

Verb

opto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of optar.