gerundial
Used in a Sentence
gerundive
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gerundive.
Editorial note
You can generally take a verb and turn it into a closely related adjective, gerund and gerundive.
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Definitions3
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Quick take
gerundial
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of gerundive gathered in one view.
(in Latin grammar) A verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle.
(less commonly, in English grammar) A verbal adjective ending in -ing, also called a "present participle".
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for gerundive.
adjective
gerundial
noun
(in Latin grammar) A verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle.
noun
(less commonly, in English grammar) A verbal adjective ending in -ing, also called a "present participle".
Example sentences
You can generally take a verb and turn it into a closely related adjective, gerund and gerundive.
The other thing is the gerundive, which expresses an obligation.
'Propaganda' is just a Latin gerundive meaning 'thing needing to be propagated'.
There is a lot of value in learning more about folding (in the gerundive sense), but the focus has always been on finding the folded structure, because as you very well know, structure is function.
To me, and I believe to most in the field, the protein folding problem was always pretty much about figuring out the final 3D structure (the final state), and not necessarily about the act of folding (ie.: the gerundive) itself.
Also some of this spills into common names of people today: > The name Amanda is the feminine gerundive of amare ("to love"), and thus means roughly...
For a different angle on the nuance, you will often see the gerundive translated as "worthy of".
That's how us noob Latin language students learn the gerundive, with "delenda" being a verbal adjective, meaning "to be deleted (destroyed)".
That’s why I like the fine Latin “gerundive”—that verb on horseback.
"No smoking" is a gerundive phrase which serves as the sentence's subject, with the copulative verb "is" implied: "No smoking [is] allowed".
Wiktionary etymology: From New Latin propāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Propagandā Fide, "congregation for propagating the faith", a committee of cardinals established in 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions, and properly the ablative feminine gerundive of Latin propāgō (“propagate”) (see English propagation).
Quote examples
Also some of this spills into common names of people today: > The name Amanda is the feminine gerundive of amare ("to love"), and thus means roughly...
For a different angle on the nuance, you will often see the gerundive translated as "worthy of".
That's how us noob Latin language students learn the gerundive, with "delenda" being a verbal adjective, meaning "to be deleted (destroyed)".
That’s why I like the fine Latin “gerundive”—that verb on horseback.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use gerundive in a sentence?
You can generally take a verb and turn it into a closely related adjective, gerund and gerundive.
What does gerundive mean?
gerundial
What part of speech is gerundive?
gerundive is commonly used as adjective, noun.