Gerundive

_The Gerundive is a verbal adjective and must be used instead of gerund + object excepting in the genitive and in the ablative without

Latin for Beginners Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge 1900

I hear the Gift of God coming up the stairs, and I've neglected to look up the Future Periphrastic Conjugation and that ticklish difference between the Gerund and the Gerundive, which is vital.

August First Roy Irving Murray 1898

The Active is formed by combining the Future Active Participle with the auxiliary sum, the Passive by combining the Gerundive with the same auxiliary.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

Gerundive construction; but ūtor, fruor, fungor, potior (originally transitive) regularly admit it; as, -- hostēs in spem potiundōrum castrōrum vēnerant, _the enemy had conceived the hope of gaining possession of the camp_.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

_Perf. _ rēctus esse, _to have been _Gerundive. _ regendus, _to be ruled_. ruled_, _deserving to be ruled_.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

In the Gerund and Gerundive of the Third and Fourth Conjugations, the endings - undus, - undī, often occur instead of - endus and - endī, as faciundus, faciundī.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

_Perf. _ audītus esse, _to have _Gerundive. _ audiendus, _to be been heard_. heard_, _deserving to be heard_

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

The Gerundive denotes _obligation_, _necessity_, etc. Like other

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

In order to avoid ambiguity (see § 236, 2), the Gerundive Construction must not be employed in case of Neuter Adjectives used substantively.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

They have the following Passive meanings: always in the Gerundive, and sometimes in the Perfect Passive Participle; as -- sequendus, _to be followed_; adeptus, _attained_.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett