optātĭo, ōnis, f. [opto], a wishing, a wish (class.).
I In gen.: Theseo cum tres optationes Neptunus dedisset, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94.—
II Rhet. fig., the expression of a wish : optatio atque exsecratio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 32, 9, 2, 3.—
III A choosing , choice , Symm. Ep. 1, 1.