optare

optare is a Latin form of opto, meaning “wish for, choose”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 98 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 25: itaque tantum victus efficere potuit quantum incolumis numquam est ausus optare. nam cum se in regnum suum recepisset, non fuit eo contentus quod ei praeter spem acciderat, ut illam postea …

Martial, Epigrammata 11.80.6: Optare utrumque pariter, inprobi votum est.

All forms of opto (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.