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Definition of Gerundive
1. a. Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial.
Definition of Gerundive
1. Noun. (context: in Latin grammar) a verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle. ¹
2. Noun. (context: less commonly in English grammar) a verbal adjective ending in ''-ing'' the Australian ''Macquarie Dictionary'' (revised 3rd ed), second sense of '''''Gerundive''''' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gerundive
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerundive
Literary usage of Gerundive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"This may be called its gerundive use. (1) Its predicate and attribute use as ...
The gerundive when used as a Participle or an Adjective is always passive ..."
2. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1872)
"gerundive.—The place of the Gerund with a Direct Object is supplied by putting
... The participle is then called a gerundive:- Inita sunt con^ilm. urbis ..."
3. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1880)
"gerundive.—The place of the Gerund with a Direct Object is supplied by ...
gerundive.—For the sake of brevity, the term gerundive is used not only to ..."
4. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1898)
"I. — The Origin of the gerundive. BY PROF. EDWIN W. FAY, WASHINGTON AND LEE ...
This theory derives -nd- of the gerundive from -in-, and compares Lat. ..."
5. A Complete Latin Grammar by Albert Harkness (1898)
"The Neuter of the gerundive, used impersonally, forms the Gerund, a verbal noun
which shares so largely the character of a verb that it governs oblique ..."
6. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1908)
"GERUND AND gerundive.1 Nominative Case. THE GERUND. 382. The Gerund is a verbal
substantive in -ndum, formed from the present tense of the verb.2 It has no ..."
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