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precative

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English

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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precative (comparative more precative, superlative most precative)

  1. Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.

Noun

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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.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From precātīvus.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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precātīvē (comparative precātīvius, superlative precātīvissimē)

  1. (Late Latin) by prayer; by request

References

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  • 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.