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gerundive

[ juh-ruhn-div ]

noun

  1. (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, 鈥淭he book is worth reading.鈥 gerund ( def 1 ).


adjective

  1. resembling a gerund. gerund ( def 2 ).

gerundive

/ 藢d蕭蓻r蓹n藞da瑟v蓹l; d蕭瑟藞r蕦nd瑟v /

noun

  1. (in Latin grammar) an adjective formed from a verb, expressing the desirability of the activity denoted by the verb
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to the gerund or gerundive
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 驳别藞谤耻苍诲颈惫别濒测, adverb
  • gerundival, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 驳别谤路耻苍路诲颈路惫补濒 [jer-, uh, n-, dahy, -v, uh, l], adjective
  • 驳别路谤耻苍顎僤颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍顎単别路谤耻苍顎僤颈惫别 adjective
  • non顎叢当鹇钒懿灶僤颈惫别路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gerundive1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word 驳别谤耻苍诲墨惫耻蝉. See gerund, -ive
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gerundive1

C17: from Late Latin 驳别谤耻苍诲墨惫耻蝉, from gerundium gerund
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

鈥淵ou see鈥斺斺 鈥淲ill you or will you not answer my question?鈥 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.

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With the genitive of the G. future passive participle, c膩lav膩-n艒, we have a kind of gerundive, as in h农 c膩lav膩n艒 ch农, I am to be gone, i.e.

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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.

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Gerundive participle in Sanskrit, iv.

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