“wish” in Latin

optatio (act of wishing): optatum: cupitum (Plaut., Ter., a thing wished, object of desire): desiderium (longing for a thing absent; also, the thing longed for): voluntas (will, desire): votum (a vow, a wish embodied in a prayer). To follow with best wishes, optimis ominibus prosequi: to have or cherish a wish, optare (with an infinitive); est in optatis or in votis (with an infinitive): to be the object of one’s wishes, ab aliquo expeti: to fulfil or meet one’s wishes, facere quae aliquis optat or vult; alicujus voluntati satisfacere or obsequi; aliquem voti compotem facere: I have obtained my wish, optatum impetro; adipiscor quod optaveram or quod concupiveram; voti damnor; voto potior; voti compos fio; quae volui mihi obtigerunt: according to one’s wish, ex optato; ex sententia; ad alicujus voluntatem: everything proceeds according to my wishes, cuncta mihi procedunt; nihil mihi accidit quod nolim; fortuna in omnibus rebus respondet optatis meis: every wish has hitherto been gratified, nihil adhuc mihi praeter voluntatem accidit: to follow one with best wishes, aliquem optimis ominibus (☞ not votis) prosequi.

To desire, long for, optare: exoptare (with an accusative or infinitive): in optatis mihi est: in votis est (with an infinitive): cupere (with an accusative or infinitive): cupere optareque: concupiscere (with an accusative or infinitive: ☞ optare and its cognates refer to the idea of good in the object of a wish; cupere and its cognates to the emotion of wishing itself, or the mere impulse of the mind): velle (with an infinitive): aliquid desiderare (to miss). I wish nothing more earnestly, nihil est quod malim: I could wish, velim or mallem; optem or optaverim (☞ with this distinction, that the present tense is used when the wish relates to something possible, or that is likely to be attained; but the imperfect or perfect when the wish is for something understood to be unattainable or impossible): wished, optatus; exoptatus: to be wished, optabilis (Cic.); exoptabilis (Plaut.): to wish one joy, alicui gratulari; (concerning anything), aliquid, or de aliqua re: to wish beforehand, voto praecipere (in the Silver Age, voto praesumere; e.g., Plin., Ep., 3, 1, 11): to wish anybody anything, precari alicui aliquid (good or evil); imprecari alicui aliquid (evil): to wish anyone well, or ill, bene, male precari alicui: to wish well to anybody (give him one’s good wishes, etc.), bene velle, or bene cupere alicui, or cupere alicui, or favere et cupere alicui (Caes.); optimis ominibus aliquem prosequi (especially one setting out on a journey): to wish everything bad to anyone, detestari aliquem omnibus precibus; tristissimis ominibus aliquem prosequi (especially on setting out for a journey): to wish him well with all my heart, ex animo bene velle alicui.

To desire to have anything done, velle. Do you wish anything? num quid vis? num quid imperas? do you wish anything else? num quid ceterum vis? as you wish, ut placet; ut videtur; ut jubet.