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optātĭo, ōnis, f. [opto], a wishing, a wish (class.).

  1. I. In gen.: Theseo cum tres optationes Neptunus dedisset, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94.
  2. II. Rhet. fig., the expression of a wish: optatio atque exsecratio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 32, 9, 2, 3.
  3. III. A choosing, choice, Symm. Ep. 1, 1.