acquirendus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle of acquīrō.

Participle

acquīrendus (feminine acquīrenda, neuter acquīrendum); first/second-declension participle

  1. which is to be acquired, obtained, amassed, accrued
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.6:
      Quid enim refert quantum illī in arcā, quantum in horreīs iaceat, quantum pāscat aut feneret, sī aliēnō imminet, sī nōn acquīsīta sed acquīrenda computat?
      For what does it matter how much lies in his strongbox, how much in his granaries, how much he pastures or puts out at interest, if he sets his sights on what belongs to others, if he reckons not what he has acquired but what there is to acquire?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative acquīrendus acquīrenda acquīrendum acquīrendī acquīrendae acquīrenda
genitive acquīrendī acquīrendae acquīrendī acquīrendōrum acquīrendārum acquīrendōrum
dative acquīrendō acquīrendae acquīrendō acquīrendīs
accusative acquīrendum acquīrendam acquīrendum acquīrendōs acquīrendās acquīrenda
ablative acquīrendō acquīrendā acquīrendō acquīrendīs
vocative acquīrende acquīrenda acquīrendum acquīrendī acquīrendae acquīrenda
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