Middle English Dictionary Entry
optā̆tī̆f adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | optā̆tī̆f adj. |
| Etymology | OF; also cp. L optātīvus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. Of mood: optative.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)110 : How many moodes buther?..Indicatyf, jmperatyf, optatyf, coniunctyf, and infinityf.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)111 : Whyche be the wordes that serue to the optatyf mode?
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1024 : Qwerby knowyst optatyf mood? ffor it welyth or desiryth..vtinam, ne, quatinus, osi ar þe synes of optatyf mood.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)4/1.170 : How (mony) modys þyn þer?…Þe indicatiue, þe imperatiue, þe optatiue, þe coniunctiue, an þe infenytyue.
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)4/1.173 : How knos þu optatiue mod?
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