The corpus record — Latin

optio

optio · f

choice

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Where it lives

Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
Controversiae 29 · 4.4/10k
Casina 2 · 2.58/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
De Fato 1 · 2.02/10k
Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 1 · 1.72/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 1 · 1.16/10k
Trinummus 1 · 1.02/10k
Pro A. Caecina 1 · 0.96/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 2 · 0.93/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. optĭo — Lewis & Short

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.

2. optĭo — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

optio Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.37.52.7
optio Livy, Ab urbe condita 3bis.39.19.5
optio Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7.8.8
optio Plautus, Trinummus 4.3
optio Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1.33.p1
optio Cicero, Brutus 189

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