† optiveadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin optīvus.

Etymology: < classical Latin optīvus chosen < the stem of optāre optate v. + -īvus -ive suffix. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·ptiv) /ˈɒptɪv/.

Obsolete. rare.

Characterized or constituted by choosing; elective. tutor optive n. [after classical Latin tūtor optīvus] a tutor (tutor n. 2b) chosen by the person to be protected.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [adjective]

room1481

optative1611

optive1656

optional1766

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > having right to choose a guardian

optive1656

optative1875

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Optive, see Adoptive.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes i. 61 Tutors appointed in a testament by express nomination are called tutors dative; those selected in virtue of a power of option, tutors optive.

1976 J. A. C. Thomas Textbk. Rom. Law 464 A husband could appoint a tutor testamentarius for his wife in manu but, in doing so, could give her a choice between a number of persons among whom she would naturally choose the one prepared to accede to her every wish: such a guardian was termed tutor optivus.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	optive
释义	† optiveadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin optīvus. Etymology: < classical Latin optīvus chosen < the stem of optāre optate v. + -īvus -ive suffix. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·ptiv) /ˈɒptɪv/. Obsolete. rare. Characterized or constituted by choosing; elective. tutor optive n. [after classical Latin tūtor optīvus] a tutor (tutor n. 2b) chosen by the person to be protected. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [adjective] room1481 optative1611 optive1656 optional1766 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > having right to choose a guardian optive1656 optative1875 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Optive, see Adoptive. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes i. 61 Tutors appointed in a testament by express nomination are called tutors dative; those selected in virtue of a power of option, tutors optive. 1976 J. A. C. Thomas Textbk. Rom. Law 464 A husband could appoint a tutor testamentarius for his wife in manu but, in doing so, could give her a choice between a number of persons among whom she would naturally choose the one prepared to accede to her every wish: such a guardian was termed tutor optivus.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1656
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