English adjective: optative | |||
1. | optative indicating an option or wish | ||
2. | optative relating to a mood of verbs in some languages | ||
Samples | Optative verb endings. | ||
Domain category | grammar | ||
English noun: optative | |||
1. | optative a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs | ||
Synonyms | optative mood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | modality, mode, mood | ||
Domain category | Sanskrit, Sanskritic language | ||
Domain region | Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic | ||