precative
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin precativus (“of prayer”), derived from precatio (“prayer”).
Adjective edit
precative (comparative more precative, superlative most precative)
- Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.
Noun edit
precative (plural precatives)
- (grammar) Mode expressing a wish, a prayer.
- 2002, Richard Caplice, Introduction to Akkadian[1]:
- The precative expresses a wish (may...!); it is formed by preposing the particle lu to the stative or the preterite.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
mode expressing a wish
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From precātīvus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pre.kaːˈtiː.u̯eː/, [prɛkäːˈt̪iːu̯eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pre.kaˈti.ve/, [prekäˈt̪iːve]
Adverb edit
precātīvē (comparative precātīvius, superlative precātīvissimē)
- (Late Latin) by prayer; by request
References edit
- “precative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- precative in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.