How to pronounce “optative”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Expressing a wish or a choice.
• (grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
• [Noun]
• (grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Tamil, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
• (grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.

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