Optatus

See also: optatus

Latin

Etymology

From optātus (“desired, wished”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈtaː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [opˈtaː.tus]

Proper noun

Optātus m sg (genitive Optātī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Flavius Optatus, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Optātus
genitive	Optātī
dative	Optātō
accusative	Optātum
ablative	Optātō
vocative	Optāte

References

• “Optatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.