LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

optiō1

optiō f (genitive optiōnis)
Classical[ˈɔp.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔp.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. choosing, choice, preference, option

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoptiōoptiōnēs
genitiveoptiōnisoptiōnum
dativeoptiōnīoptiōnibus
accusativeoptiōnemoptiōnēs
ablativeoptiōneoptiōnibus
vocativeoptiōoptiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

optionem alicui dare, utrum...an
to offer a person the alternative of... or...
optionem alicui dare (Acad. 2. 7. 19)
to give a person his choice.

optĭo, ōnis, f. opto,
I. choice, free choice, liberty to choose, privilege, option (class.): optio haec tua est, utram harum vis condicionem, accipe, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 13: nec mihi jus meum optinendi optio est, id. Cas. 2, 2, 19: utro frui malis, optio sit tua, Cic. Fat. 2, 3: vobis datur, utrum velitis, you have your choice, id. Caecin. 23, 64: potestatem optionemque facere alicui, ut eligat, to let a person have his choice, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45: eligendi cui patroni daretur optio, id. Brut. 50, 189: hiberna legionis eligendi optio delata commodum, id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3): optionem tribuere, Sulp. Sev. p. 191 Horn.: optionem proponere, Ambros. Poenit. 2, 6, 50; Aug. Trin. 14, 19: trium tibi datur optio, Vulg. 2 Reg. 24, 12; id. 1 Par. 21, 10: tutoris, selection, Gai. Inst. 1, 150.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*opeō
  2. Proto-Italic*optos
  3. Latinoptiō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin optō Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin optiō From optō + -iō (forming abstract nouns).

Descendants
  • Italianozione
  • Italianopzione
  • Catalanopció
  • Englishoption
  • Frenchoption
  • Occitanopcion
  • Portugueseopção
  • Romanianopțiune
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noun · masculinethird declension
optiō2
optiō m (genitive optiōnis)
Classical[ˈɔp.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔp.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. helper, assistant
  2. adjutant, aide-de-camp

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoptiōoptiōnēs
genitiveoptiōnisoptiōnum
dativeoptiōnīoptiōnibus
accusativeoptiōnemoptiōnēs
ablativeoptiōneoptiōnibus
vocativeoptiōoptiōnēs

optĭo, ōnis, m. id.,
I. a helper whom one chooses for himself, an assistant (anteand post-class.).
I. In gen.: tibi optionem sumito Leonidam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 88: fabricae, Dig. 50, 6, 6.—
II. In partic., in milit. lang., an adjutant, Tac. H. 1, 21; id. A. 1, 25; Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Müll.: in re militari optio appellatur is, quem decurio aut centurio optat sibi rerum privatarum ministrum, quo facilius obeat publica officia, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.: optio qui nunc dicitur, antea appellabatur accensus. Is adjutor dabatur centurioni a tribuno militum: qui ex eo tempore, quem velint, centurionibus permissum est optare, et nomen ex facto sortitus est, Fest. p. 198 Müll.: optiones ab optando appellati, quod, etc., Veg. Mil. 2, 7.—Very freq. in inscrr., Grut. 551, 3; Malv. Marm. Fels. p. 317 et saep.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*opeō
  2. Proto-Italic*optos
  3. Latinoptiō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin optō Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin optiō From optō + -iō (forming agent nouns).

Descendants
  • Italianopzione
  • Aramaicאבטיונאfrom Ancient Greek ὀπτίων

Quick answers

What does optiō mean in Latin?
optiō, a noun, means “choosing, choice, preference, option”.
What is the genitive of optiō?
The genitive singular is optiōnis. optiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce optiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɔp.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔp.t͡si.o].
Where does optiō come from?
Proto-Italic *opeō → Proto-Italic *optos → Latin optiō.