proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Optātus
Optātus m sg (genitive Optātī)
Classical[ɔpˈtaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[opˈtaː.tus]
Meaning
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by
- Flavius Optatus, a Roman senator
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
wished-for
optātus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Optātus | — |
| genitive | Optātī | — |
| dative | Optātō | — |
| accusative | Optātum | — |
| ablative | Optātō | — |
| vocative | Optāte | — |
optātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from opto.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
optātus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of opto, wished, desired, longed for, welcome, desirable, pleasing: occasio, T.: rumores: Iovis epulae, H.: quid est quod exteris nationibus optatius esse possit?: optatissimum beneficium, Cs.: nonne optatissimum sibi putant esse, filios servire, etc.—As subst n., a wish, desire: Di tibi omnia optata offerant, T.: multa a dis optata consecuti sumus: praeter optatum meum, against my wish: mihi in optatis est, it is my wish.
Origins
From optātus (“desired, wished”).