optativus

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin optātīvus. === Noun === optativus m (plural optativi or optativussen, diminutive optativusje n) (grammar) the optative mood or a word therein ==== Synonyms ==== optatief wensende wijs == 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 (grammar) optative ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: ottativo → 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.