单词 | optative |
释义 | optative —optatively, adv. /op"teuh tiv/, Gram. adj. 1. designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen "may we go, we wish we might go." n. 2. the optative mood. 3. a verb in the optative mood. [1520-30; < LL optativus, equiv. to L optat(us) (ptp. of optare; see OPT, -ATE1) + -ivus -IVE] |
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