Re: "Abilitative" aspect?

 --- Muke Tever <mktvr@...> wrote: > From:
>
> The examples for "optative" are:
> "I wish I had a million dollars."
> and
> "I want to earn a million dollars."
>
how about the two latin verbs :

|esurio, esurire| be hungry, desiderative of |edo,
esse| eat ( which i know exists )

|poturio, poturire| be thirsty, desiderative of |poto,
potire| drink ( which i remember seeing, but can't
find on perseus )

the 'supine+rio' formation wasn't exactly productive
in latin, but these are a couple of good examples of
extension in meaning of a
desiderative/optative[eek!]/cupiditive[ouch!]
formation

bn

[eek!] optative surely refers to a subordinable mood
of a verb classically used in exlamations ( like the
greek |oioio| 'if only you would think !' )
[ouch!] not the prettiest word in tbe world !

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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