precative

English

Etymology

From Latin precativus (“of prayer”), derived from precatio (“prayer”).

Adjective

precative (comparative more precative, superlative most precative)

1. Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.

Noun

precative (plural precatives)

1. (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

• precatory

Related terms

• precation

Translations

mode expressing a wish

• French: précatif (fr) m

• Hungarian: precativus, (describing certain Uralic languages) kedveskedő igemód
• Latin: precātīvus m

Anagrams

• preactive, recaptive

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Latin

Etymology

From precātīvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pre.kaːˈtiː.weː/, [pɾɛ.kaːˈt̪iː.weː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.kaˈti.ve/, [prɛ.kaˈt̪iː.vɛ]

Adverb

precātīvē (comparative precātīvius, superlative precātīvissimē)

1. (Late Latin) by prayer; by request

References

• 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