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form, not a verbal adjective or adverb. Generally, it denotes completed action that is still relevant. A verb in the gerundive can be used alone or serially with another gerundive verb. In the latter case, it may sometimes be translated with an
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In principle, the gerundive could express a wide range of meaning relationships: 'capable of', 'prone to', 'ripe for' (killing, dying, rising, rolling etc.). Some gerundives have much the same meaning as present participles:
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This sense of obligation with passive meaning is by far the most common use of the gerundive. Thus it has been equated with a future passive participle.
798:, but it is generally called a gerund when it is used as a noun, not as an adjective or adverb e.g. 'running burns more calories than walking'. 615:("to love"), and thus means roughly " to be loved", "worthy of being loved", "worthy of love", or simply "lovable". Similarly with the name 1101: 440: 108: 104: 100: 1010: 986: 920: 1051: 836:, for example the Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary of 1921–25. It is referred to by some other writers as the 549: 1072: 790:, to denote the present participle used adjectivally or adverbially e.g. 'take a running jump'. That form, ending in 1094: 998: 774:. More regularly, the gerundive came to be used as a future passive participle. Ultimately the gerundive in the 1936: 1754: 564:, "changing those things which need to be changed" or more simply " the necessary changes having been made". 1746: 932: 499:
forms; the -um form of the gerund is used only after prepositions. The plural forms without nouns such as
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In Late Latin, the distinction between gerundive and future participle was sometimes lost. So, gerundive
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use. However, the great majority of gerundive forms were used with passive meaning of transitive verbs.
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There is no true equivalent to the gerundive in English, but it can be interpreted as a future passive
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Pali Text Society Pali-English Dictionary, edited by T W Rhys Davids and William Stede, 1921-25
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means "to admire", so the name means " to be admired", "worthy of admiration", or "admirable".
1873: 1764: 1759: 1736: 1558: 1553: 1548: 1528: 1523: 1518: 1498: 1291: 1127: 470:'The lamb is for slaughter', 'The lamb is to be slaughtered', 'The lamb must be slaughtered' 180: 159:), usually with a sense of obligation. Another translation is the recent development of the 1878: 1812: 1644: 1601: 1503: 1366: 1326: 814: 616: 532: 8: 1659: 1639: 1286: 810: 608: 511: 176: 1079: 1825: 1792: 1718: 1703: 1688: 1678: 1591: 1586: 1576: 1371: 1301: 1296: 688: 96: 1046: 1782: 1708: 1683: 1606: 1471: 1416: 1386: 1346: 970: 916: 856: 852: 429: 137: 1820: 1713: 1693: 1543: 1508: 1426: 1221: 869: 652: 561: 503:'things to be done' are also adjectival gerundives; the gerund has no plural form. 73: 33: 1728: 1649: 1611: 1596: 1476: 1466: 1381: 1376: 1316: 1182: 1152: 787: 775: 484: 433: 148: 112: 80: 889:") means "while holding a stick, he is walking", i.e. "he is carrying a stick". 723:"to read") but became a (fem. sing.) word in its own right in medieval times; a 558:, 1.37) "now it is necessary to drink!", in other words, it's time to celebrate. 1962: 1910: 1868: 1830: 1732: 1461: 1451: 1441: 1336: 1331: 1311: 1306: 1235: 1110: 1022: 892: 523: 1056: 115:
the adjectival gerundive and participle forms merged completely, and the term
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Brazilian Portuguese and some southern/insular dialects of European Portuguese
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A number of English words come from Latin gerundives. For example,
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For details of the formation and usage of the Latin gerundive, see
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The following pages provide definitions or glosses of the term
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The Latin gerundive is a form of the verb. It is composed of:
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Gerundive expressions widely quoted or adopted in English
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is often used after the final conclusion of a proof.
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Cambridge University Press. 395:forms are composed in a similar way with 209:a vowel appropriate to the verb class or 83:, the gerundive has the same form as the 805:, a form known in the literature as the 604:'Don't let the bastards grind you down'. 439:The gerundive could be used as either a 483:form without a noun may function as an 441:predicative or an attributive adjective 420:'rolling'. Originally it could express 1955: 1073:Department of Linguistics, UCSD states 952:, London. Faber and Faber. pp 320-322. 926: 794:, is identical to that of the English 1083: 1011:Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 987:Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 825:"the things that are to be admired". 745: 1013:, vol. I, p. 217, Ml. 643. 255:'concerned with the act of praising' 181:Latin tenses § Gerundive tenses 379:'concerned with the act of hearing' 317:'concerned with the act of reading' 286:'concerned with the act of fearing' 13: 781: 567:A gerundive appears in the phrase 508:Latin conjugation § Gerundive 402: 348:'concerned with the act of taking' 14: 1974: 1030: 689:phrase containing a feminine form 512:Latin syntax § The gerundive 177:Latin syntax § The gerundive 656:comes from the neuter plural of 457:'a lamb ready for slaughtering' 32: 1052:at American Heritage Dictionary 1005:(eds.) (1901, reprinted 1987), 863:is used to denote a particular 385:— 'the voices are to be heard' 1016: 992: 964: 955: 942: 905: 703:was originally something that 540:("I also think Carthage to be 292:— 'the woman is to be feared' 1: 933:Referendums and the Gerundive 899: 676:, and refers to a person who 611:is the feminine gerundive of 323:— 'the volume is to be read' 261:— 'the man is to be praised' 119:is used for adverbial use of 646:comes from the gerundive of 638:something that must be added 632:comes from the gerundive of 354:— 'the camp is to be taken' 198:stem (the stem used to form 7: 890: 578:"), whose abbreviated form 533:Ceterum censeo Carthaginem 416:'arising, descended from'; 87:, but is distinct from the 10: 1979: 1937:Syntax–semantics interface 1007:Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus 699:("to propagate"), so that 491:'something to be added'; 487:expression, for example: 174: 155:) and its object (such as 18: 1849: 1811: 1773: 1745: 1620: 1567: 1489: 1279: 1214: 1205: 1118: 846:future passive participle 715:, which originally meant 672:comes from the gerundive 636:("to add"), and so means 89:present active participle 1357:Exceptional case-marking 1069:As applied to Tigrinya: 973:(1946, reprinted 1980), 729:something to be divided 666:things that must be done 170: 19:Not to be confused with 911:Posner, Rebecca. 1996, 838:participle of necessity 821:inna hí atá adamraigthi 820: 717:things you should read, 185: 1163:Initial-stress-derived 975:A Grammar of Old Irish 664:"to do", and so means 548: 542:that must be destroyed 1674:Inclusive / Exclusive 1043:As applied to Latin: 948:Palmer, L.R. , 1954, 913:The Romance Languages 882:(literally, "a-stick 772:scribendus/scribundus 399:inflexional endings. 321:volumen legendum est 175:Further information: 851:In the east African 842:potential participle 736:de gustibus non est 705:should be propagated 650:("to bring back" ); 383:voces audiendae sunt 352:castra capienda sunt 72:that functions as a 26:In Latin grammar, a 1554:Relative subsective 1447:Regular / Irregular 1292:Andative / Venitive 1128:Abstract / Concrete 807:verbal of necessity 695:, the gerundive of 660:, the gerundive of 466:agnus est caedundus 224:Inflectional ending 1113:and their features 1111:Lexical categories 1047:at Merriam Webster 961:Palmer 1954. p 167 950:The Latin Language 746:Later developments 576:to be demonstrated 375:audiendus, -a, -um 371:Fourth conjugation 344:capiendus, -a, -um 290:mulier timenda est 278:Second conjugation 259:homo laudandus est 251:laudandus, -a, -um 97:progressive aspect 1950: 1949: 1755:Casally modulated 1660:Formal / Informal 1549:Pure intersective 1499:Anti-intersective 1485: 1484: 1432:Preterite-present 979:D. A. 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734:The expression 520: 453:agnus caedundus 405: 403:Meaning and use 216:the suffix -nd- 188: 183: 173: 149:transitive verb 81:Classical Latin 35: 31: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1976: 1966: 1965: 1948: 1947: 1945: 1944: 1939: 1934: 1929: 1928: 1927: 1913: 1911:Procedure word 1908: 1903: 1902: 1901: 1896: 1886: 1881: 1876: 1871: 1869:Complementizer 1866: 1865: 1864: 1853: 1851: 1847: 1846: 1844: 1843: 1838: 1833: 1828: 1823: 1817: 1815: 1809: 1808: 1806: 1805: 1800: 1795: 1790: 1785: 1779: 1777: 1771: 1770: 1768: 1767: 1762: 1757: 1751: 1749: 1743: 1742: 1740: 1739: 1726: 1721: 1716: 1711: 1706: 1701: 1696: 1691: 1686: 1681: 1676: 1671: 1665:Gender-neutral 1662: 1657: 1652: 1647: 1642: 1637: 1632: 1630:Bound variable 1626: 1624: 1618: 1617: 1615: 1614: 1609: 1604: 1599: 1594: 1589: 1584: 1579: 1573: 1571: 1565: 1564: 1562: 1561: 1556: 1551: 1546: 1541: 1536: 1531: 1526: 1521: 1516: 1511: 1506: 1501: 1495: 1493: 1487: 1486: 1483: 1482: 1480: 1479: 1474: 1469: 1464: 1459: 1454: 1449: 1444: 1439: 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Index

Gerund
/əˈrʌndɪv/
verb form
verbal adjective
Classical Latin
gerund
present active participle
Late Latin
progressive aspect
Italian
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese and some southern/insular dialects of European Portuguese
French
participle
passive
to-infinitive
non-finite clause
transitive verb
Latin syntax § The gerundive
Latin tenses § Gerundive tenses
Present
Imperfect
conjugation
adjectival
Inflectional ending
gerund
nominal
active
passive
intransitive

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