- 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.”
- the optative mood.
- a verb in the optative mood.
- indicating or expressing choice, preference, or wish
- denoting a mood of verbs in Greek, Sanskrit, etc, expressing a wish
- grammar
- the optative mood
- a verb in this mood
