op-2

    op-2

    English meaning: to choose; to suggest

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “auswählen, den Vorzug geben, vermuten”

    Material: Gk. ἐπιόψομαι to ἐπι-οπ- “wählen, auslesen”; Lat. *opere is through *praed-opiont (Festus p. 205 praedotiont ) “praeoptant” covered; derived *opiō(n) “ expectation, opinion”, wherefore Denominativum opīnor, -üri “ assume, wähnen, mean” opīnio “opinion, expectation “; Frequentativum to *opiō, -ere is Lat. optō, -üre “wish”, wherefore optiō f. “freie Wahl”, m. “Gehilfe”; Umbr. upetu “optütō”, opeter gen. “lēctī”, Osc. ufteis “optütī”; O.C.S. za-(j)apъ “Vermutung”, ne-vъz-apьnъ “unvermutet” (compare Lat. in-, nec-opīnus “unvermutet”, welche Rũckbildungen from inopīnatus are); Toch. A opyüc, В еруас “Verstand” (Iran. Lw.?).

    References: WP. I 176 f., WH. II 212 f.