This is called the gerundive construction. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
This construction with the gerundive is not common till Livy. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
Both in grammar and in propositional content, the principle's gerundive. From Wordnik.com. [Aquinas' Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy] Reference
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, neuter of referendus, gerundive of referre to refer. From Wordnik.com. ["Wisconsin will accept gay marriage sooner than you might think."] Reference
I always think of it as shaped roughly like the gerundive Kennedy leads into captivity. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: BUNYIP.] Reference
Bennett notes that imperfect gerundive nominals can take logical words like "not" or "or.". From Wordnik.com. [States of Affairs] Reference
With the gerundive the person who has the thing to do is regularly expressed in the dative. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
= Professor R.J. Tarrant points out to me the notably prosaic use of the defining gerundive. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
Latin grammar known as the gerund and the gerundive. From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
Latin propaganda feminine ablative gerundive of propago. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Go down to the next paragraph and recognize a gerundive. From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
The last would seem to be a gerundive form, implying that. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Gown being verses by a St. Andrews Man] Reference
Often used in a peculiar gerundive sense, as a verbal particle. From Wordnik.com. [The Annals of the Cakchiquels] Reference
Compare the following parallel uses of the gerund and gerundive. From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
This gerundive use of the infinitive is very common in this play. From Wordnik.com. [The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar] Reference
"Top of page, third word, Channing -- gerund or gerundive?" said The. From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
Lovely, with a show of insouciance, bagged three gerunds and one gerundive. From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
"Well, if you have, how are you going to spot the gerund and the gerundive?". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
The future passive participle or gerundive is formed by adding «-ndus» to the present stem. From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
"Gerund or gerundive?" he began directly, at the same time rising and scanning the front ranks. From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
Tenth line, last word -- gerund, Channing, or gerundive? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
"To signal the gerund and the gerundive.". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
The gerundive in this use is very common. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
Is this a gerund or a gerundive construction?. From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
"Top of page, fifth word, gerund or gerundive?". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
In the gerundive const. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
Try the gerundive to-morrow. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
"Next line, first word, gerund or gerundive?. From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
Next line, third word, gerund or gerundive? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
Sixth line, first word, gerund or gerundive? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
Third line, fifth word -- gerund or gerundive? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
"First paragraph, third word, gerund or gerundive, Stover?". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
295, 7. cūrō, with gerundive const as obj., 337, 8, b, 2. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
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