Finnish

Noun

optio

1. (finance) Option (a contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price).

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From optō ‎(“choose, select”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.ti.oː/, [ˈɔp.ti.oː]

Noun

optiō f ‎(genitive optiōnis); third declension

1. choosing, choice, preference, option

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• optō

Descendants

Noun

optiō m ‎(genitive optiōnis); third declension

1. helper, assistant
2. (military) adjutant, aide-de-camp

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• optio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• optio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• OPTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “optio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give a person his choice: optionem alicui dare (Acad. 2. 7. 19)
    
  • to offer a person the alternative of... or..: optionem alicui dare, utrum...an
    
• optio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin