optative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Tamil, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
  2. A verb or expression in the optative mood.
形容词 adj.
  1. Expressing a wish or a choice.
    — an optative blessing
  2. Related or pertaining to the optative mood.

词形变化

more optative comparative most optative superlative opt. alternative optatives plural opt. alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
optatively
相关词
cooptative subjunctive

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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