optativus

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin optātīvus.

Noun

optativus m (plural optativi or optativussen, diminutive optativusje n)

  1. (grammar) the optative mood or a word therein

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

Verbal adjective from optō (“to wish”), from the perfect passive participle optātus +‎ -īvus (adjective suffix), a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”).

Adjective

optātīvus (feminine optātīva, neuter optātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (grammar) optative

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative optātīvus optātīva optātīvum optātīvī optātīvae optātīva
Genitive optātīvī optātīvae optātīvī optātīvōrum optātīvārum optātīvōrum
Dative optātīvō optātīvō optātīvīs
Accusative optātīvum optātīvam optātīvum optātīvōs optātīvās optātīva
Ablative optātīvō optātīvā optātīvō optātīvīs
Vocative optātīve optātīva optātīvum optātīvī optātīvae optātīva

Descendants

  • → English: optative
  • → French: optatif

References

  • “optativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • optativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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