While the most common marker of optative mood is the inserted –ι-, for the sake of clarity and pronunciation some Greek authors expand this marker to –ιη-. This ...

Like the subjunctive, the OPTATIVE mood refers to HYPOTHETICAL actions. As with the subjunctive, there are three tenses, each of which express ASPECT: present ...

In Ancient Greek, the optative is used to express wishes and potentiality in independent clauses (but also has other functions, such as contrary-to-fact ...

There is one more verbal mood in Koine Greek: the optative mood. · The optative mood is like a weakened subjunctive, expressing the action of the verb as a ...

The Optative (without ἄν) expresses a wish that something may be, in the future. (Negative μή.) This use has given the name to the mode. Εὖ ξυνεῖεν εἰσαεὶ θεοί.

The Greek optative mood is a verb form used to express wishes, potential actions, or hypothetical situations, often found in classical texts.

The optative mood is used to express something that is possible. Therefore, it is used to express a wish, something hoped for, or a prayer. (Prayers may also be ...

11 дек. 2023 г. · The mood of strong contingency or possibility. It expresses no definite anticipation of realization, rather, it only presents the action as conceivable.

The optative mood is used when the speaker wishes to portray an action as possible.1 This is slightly different from the subjunctive mood, which portrays an ...