optative
英 ['ɒptətɪv] 美 ['ɒptətɪv]

adj.

祈愿的；

n.

祈愿语态，祈愿语态的动词；

英英释义

optative[ 'ɔptətiv ]

• n.a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs

  同义词：optative mood

• adj.
  • indicating an option or wish
  • relating to a mood of verbs in some languages

    "optative verb endings"

权威例句

The Aeolic optative
Optative reasoning with scenario semantics
Optative Reasoning with Scenario Semantics
On the grammar of optative constructions
The Optative and *s- and *n- Conjugation Marking in Slave
A Logic of the Doubtful on Optative and Imperative Logic
Subjunctive and Optative: Their Origin as Futures by E. Adelaide Hahn
An optative indicative? A real factual past? A cognitive-typological approach to the precative qatal
A constructionist approach to the potential optative in classical Greek drama
Characterizing medial and low complementizers in Spanish: Recomplementation que and "jussive/optative"que