noun
- plural of gerundive; verbal adjectives in Latin grammar that express necessity or obligation
Usage: grammar; Latin linguistics
Examples
- Students struggled to identify the gerundives in the Latin text.
- The teacher explained that gerundives often end in -ndus, -nda, or -ndum.
- Gerundives express what must or should be done.
- In ‘Amanda est puella,’ ‘amanda’ is one of the gerundives meaning ‘to be loved.’
- Latin gerundives can function as passive periphrastic constructions.
- The grammar book contained exercises on recognizing gerundives.