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.

Derived terms

• precatively

Noun

precative (plural precatives)

1. (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.

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

Latin

Etymology

From precātīvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɛ.kaːˈtiː.weː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pre.kaˈtiː.ve]

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.