— optatively , adv.
/op"teuh tiv/ , Gram.
adj.
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.
2. the optative mood.
3. a verb in the optative mood.
[ 1520-30; optativus, equiv. to L optat ( us ) (ptp. of optare; see OPT, -ATE 1 ) + -ivus -IVE ]