Optumus
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https://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.1974.v42.i1.1003Abstract
The Etymology of optumus from ops, proposed by ancient grammarians and accepted by some of the modern ones, does not fit when the word is applied as an epithet to Jupiter. The etymology proceeding from ob would be morphologically correct but – as the author remarks – it has not yet a semantic justification. But this justification is easy when thinking of an old meaning ob “before”. Optumus would be then, “the first”, and from here proceed later meanings of the word.
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