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gerundive
[juh-ruhn-div]
noun
(in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”
adjective
resembling a gerund.
gerundive
/ ˌdʒɛrənˈdaɪvəl, dʒɪˈrʌndɪv /
noun
(in Latin grammar) an adjective formed from a verb, expressing the desirability of the activity denoted by the verb
adjective
of or relating to the gerund or gerundive
Other Word Forms
- gerundival adjective
- gerundively adverb
- nongerundive adjective
- nongerundively adverb
- ˈܲԻ徱 adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of gerundive1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gerundive1
Example Sentences
“You see——” “Will you or will you not answer my question?” snapped the instructor, in the same tone of voice he used in the classroom, when some luckless lad was stuttering and stammering over the difference between the gerund and the gerundive.
With the genitive of the G. future passive participle, cālavā-nō, we have a kind of gerundive, as in hũ cālavānō chũ, I am to be gone, i.e.
Dink Stover, later to win fame at Yale, carried his whole Latin class by signalling with a pair of mobile ears whenever The Roman, their teacher, asked his favorite question, "Gerund or gerundive?"
Gerundive participle in Sanskrit, 95.
Gerundive participle in Sanskrit, iv.
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