Optative /(?)/
Op·ta·tive
Optative
a.
- Expressing desire or wish.
Phrases & Compounds
- Optative mood
- that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.
Optative
n.
- Something to be desired. [R.]
- The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood. (Gram.)