1. expressing a wish or desire
Usage: grammar

1. a grammatical mood that expresses a wish, desire, or hope
Usage: grammar

Examples

• The optative mood is found in ancient Greek verbs.
• Sanskrit has several optative verb forms.
• The teacher explained the optative construction in the text.
• This optative sentence expresses the speaker’s hope.
• The optative is less common in modern languages.
• Students struggled with identifying optative clauses.