precative
English
Etymology
From Latin precativus (“of prayer”), derived from precatio (“prayer”).
Adjective
precative (comparative more precative, superlative most precative)
- Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.
Noun
precative (plural precatives)
- (grammar) Mode expressing a wish, a prayer.
- 2002, Richard Caplice, Introduction to Akkadian:
- The precative expresses a wish (may...!); it is formed by preposing the particle lu to the stative or the preterite.
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Synonyms
- precatory
Related terms
- precation
Translations
mode expressing a wish
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Anagrams
- recaptive
Latin
Etymology
From precātīvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pre.kaːˈtiː.weː/, [prɛ.kaːˈtiː.weː]
Adverb
precātīvē (comparative precātīvius, superlative precātīvissimē)
- (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