1. a Latin verbal adjective expressing necessity or obligation
Usage: grammar; Latin

1. relating to or having the nature of a gerundive
Usage: grammar

Examples

• The Latin gerundive ‘amanda’ means ‘to be loved’ or ‘worthy of being loved’.
• Students struggled to identify the gerundive construction in the passage.
• The gerundive form expresses what must or should be done.
• In ‘Carthago delenda est,’ ‘delenda’ is a gerundive meaning ‘must be destroyed’.
• The teacher explained the difference between gerunds and gerundive forms.
• Gerundive constructions are common in classical Latin texts.