optative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɒptətɪv/
- /ɒpˈteɪtɪv/
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Etymology
From Middle French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), from Latin optātus, past participle of optāre.
Meanings
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Expressing a wish or a choice.
[…] then, in the optative retirement from hard science that building and opening a U.S.T.A-accredited and pedagogically experimental tennis academy apparently represented for him […]
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 64:an optative blessing
a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
- Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most optative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more optative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| opt. | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (14)
pl życzeniowy (expressing a wish) · hu óhajtó (pertaining to the optative mood) · sq dëshirore (pertaining to the optative mood) · bg желателен (pertaining to the optative mood) · eo optativo (pertaining to the optative mood) · ang ġewȳsċendlīċ (pertaining to the optative mood) · vi thức mong mỏi (pertaining to the optative mood) · grc εὐκτικός (expressing a wish) · grc εὐκτικός (pertaining to the optative mood) · pl życzący (pertaining to the optative mood) · ko 원망법 (pertaining to the optative mood) · ta வியங்கோள் (pertaining to the optative mood) · fi optatiivinen (pertaining to the optative mood) · it ottativo (pertaining to the optative mood)