scribendus
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Substituting the missing present passive participle (gerundive) of scrībō (“I write”).
Participle
[edit]scrībendus (feminine scrībenda, neuter scrībendum); first/second-declension participle
- which is being written
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | scrībendus | scrībenda | scrībendum | scrībendī | scrībendae | scrībenda | |
Genitive | scrībendī | scrībendae | scrībendī | scrībendōrum | scrībendārum | scrībendōrum | |
Dative | scrībendō | scrībendō | scrībendīs | ||||
Accusative | scrībendum | scrībendam | scrībendum | scrībendōs | scrībendās | scrībenda | |
Ablative | scrībendō | scrībendā | scrībendō | scrībendīs | |||
Vocative | scrībende | scrībenda | scrībendum | scrībendī | scrībendae | scrībenda |
Necessity usually pertains when the gerundive comes with a conjugated form of esse, e.g.:
- Epistula scribenda. - "The letter (which is) being written."
- Epistula scribenda est. - "The letter has to be written."
References
[edit]- scribendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare
- style: genus dicendi (scribendi); oratio
- I have nothing to write about: non habeo argumentum scribendi
- I have nothing to write about: deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)
- to become a writer, embrace a literary career: ad scribendum or ad scribendi studium se conferre
- to become a writer, embrace a literary career: animum ad scribendum appellere, applicare
- to make a mistake in writing: labi in scribendo
- to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare