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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, 鈥淭he book is worth reading.鈥 gerund ( def 1 ).
adjective
- 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
- (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
Derived Forms
- 驳别藞谤耻苍诲颈惫别濒测, adverb
- gerundival, adjective
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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gerundive1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gerundive1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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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