English noun: optative mood | |||
| 1. | optative mood a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs | ||
| Synonyms | optative | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | modality, mode, mood | ||
| Domain category | Sanskrit, Sanskritic language | ||
| Domain region | Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic | ||