wish (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. optātio (act of w.ing)2. optātum (the thing w.'d)3. vŏluntas (will, consent)4. dēsīdĕrium (longing for something absent)5. vōtum (prayer) • wish (subs.): 1. optātio (act of w.ing): when Neptune had allowed him three w.s, cui quum tres optationes Neptunus dedisset, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94. 2. optātum (the thing w.'d): having obtained which w., quo optato impetrato, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 94: in all your affairs fortune has answered to my w.s, in omnibus tuis rebus meis optatis fortuna respondit, id. Fam. 2, 1, 2: beyond my w., praeter optatum meum, id. Pis. 20, 46: according to one's w., optato, id. Att. 13, 28, 3. 3. vŏluntas (will, consent): so that the citizens assented to his w.s, ut ejus voluntatibus cives assenserint, Cic. Manil. 16, 48: I will comply with your w., obsequar voluntati tuae, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17. 4. dēsīdĕrium (longing for something absent): a w. for the city, desiderium urbis, Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 1: you will fulfil all my expectation and long-cherished w., expleris omnem exspectationem diuturni desiderii nostri, id. de Or. 1, 47, 205. 5. vōtum (prayer): the w.s of his own avarice, vota cupiditatum suarum, Cic. Verr. 5, 54, 142: having gained a w., voti potens, Ov. M. 8, 80: does one of Attalus' cities occur to you as a w.? an venit in votum Attalicis ex urbibus una? Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 5. Phr.: to follow with one's best w.s, ominibus optimis prosequi, Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2: you have my very best w.s for success, quod bonum faustum felix fortunatumque sit, Cic.: according to one's w., ex sententia, de s., Cic.: nothing was more agreeable to my w.s, nihil mihi fuit optatius, Cic. Fam. 1, 5.