Why was the subjunctive mood 'so called because the Greek subjunctive mood is used almost exclusively in subordinate clauses'?

1. Why is it called subjunctive mood?
2. What does subjunctive mood mean in Greek?
3. What is the main clause of subjunctive mood?
4. What is mood in Greek?

Why is it called subjunctive mood?

The subjunctive mood was so called because it was regarded as specially appropriate to 'subjoined' or subordinate clauses. In the Latin grammarians the more common term for subjunctive was post-classical Latin coniunctivus conjunctive adj.; subiunctivus is the term favoured by Priscian (5th-6th cent.).

What does subjunctive mood mean in Greek?

Subjunctive—the subjunctive mood expresses purpose, possibility, deliberation, and hortatory statements.

What is the main clause of subjunctive mood?

The subjunctive mood expresses wishes, suggestions, demands, or desires in a sentence with usually two clauses, with a verb such as wish (or suggest, demand, etc.) in one clause and a second verb in the subjunctive mood. In the sentence 'I wish I were the president' the verb 'were' is in the subjunctive mood.

What is mood in Greek?

Glossary. Mood is a feature of the verb that indicates the manner in which the speaker is portraying the verbal action in relation to reality.” Greek has four moods: indicative, imperative, subjunctive, and optative.