precative

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.

Noun

precative (uncountable)

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.

Anagrams

• recaptive

Etymology

From precātīvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pre.kaːˈtiː.weː/, [prɛ.kaːˈtiː.weː]

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