A | B |
Gerundive - laudandus, a, um | to be praised |
Gerundive - monendus, a, um | to be warned |
Gerundive - mittendus, a, um | to be sent |
Gerundive - audiendus, a, um | to be heard |
Gerundive - capiendus, a, um | to be taken |
Gerundive - hortandus, a, um | to be feared |
Gerundive - faciendus, a, um | to be made |
Gerundive - ferendus, a, um | to be carried |
A gerundive is a | passive verbal adjective |
As a verb: | It expresses action and may be modified by adverbs and adverbial phrases |
As an adjective: | It agrees with a noun or noun-equivalent |
To express OBLIGATION or NECESSITY: | the gerundive is used as predicate adjective with proper form of sum |
To express AGENT: | use gerundive with dative, but ab/a and ablative when there's another dative in the clause |
The gerundive must be used instead of the gerund when the object is: | accusative |
The gerundive is used when the object is in the dative or | would follow a preposition |
The gerundive after AD or CAUSA (w. gen) is a common way of expressing: | purpose |