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[*] 720. Wishes may be divided into two classes: (a) those referring to a future object, and (b) those referring to a present or past object which (it is implied) is not or was not attained. To the former class belong such wishes as O that he may come! or O that this may happen!—Utinam veniat, Utinam fiat; and to the latter, such as O that this had happened! or O that this were true!—Utinam hoc factum esset, Utinam hoc verum esset. From its use in wishes the optative mood (ἔγκλισις εὐκτική) received its name.
Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.
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