Κρόνου καὶ Ἰαπετοῦ ἀρχαιότερος → more ancient than Cronos and Iapetus, ante-preadamite, antediluvian
optātīvus: a, um, adj. id.,
I of or belonging to a wish, expressing a wish, optative (post-class.): modus optativus, the optative, Diom. p. 330 P.: adverbia, Mart. Cap. 3, § 310.