optative

/op-tuh-tiv/US // ˈɒp tə tɪv //UK // (ˈɒptətɪv) //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen “may we go, we wish we might go.”

n.名词 noun

An optative of this nature in the Lule language has already been mentioned.
The perfect of the optative is the second form of the future followed by the particle mono vo!
The preterit of the optative is formed by placing mono vo after the negative future; e.g., aguru mai mono vo 'oh!
Shall is confined to a sort of optative, indicating much more than mere intention, and even here it is yielding to will.
The form aguei is used by Collado in the construction of the optative below.