Optative (Ancient Greek)
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Optative (Ancient Greek)
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The optative mood is a grammatical mood of the Ancient Greek verb, named for its use as a way to express wishes. The optative mood in Greek is found in four different tenses and in all three voices. It has multiple uses: To express wishes for the future
To talk about a hypothetical future situation
In purpose clauses or clauses expressing fears in a past context.
In subordinate clauses referring to repeated events in a past context
To indicate reported speech in a past context
In epic dialects,
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