ottativo
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin optātīvus [modus] (a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική [ἔγκλισις] (euktikḗ [énklisis])), derived from Classical Latin optātus, past participle of optō (“to choose; to wish for”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ottativo m (plural ottativi)
Adjective
[edit]ottativo (feminine ottativa, masculine plural ottativi, feminine plural ottative)
Further reading
[edit]- ottativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms borrowed from Late Latin
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- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
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