scribendus

Latin

Etymology

Substituting the missing present passive participle (gerundive) of scrībō (“I write”).

Participle

scrībendus (feminine scrībenda, neuter scrībendum); first/second-declension participle

  1. which is being written

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative scrībendus scrībenda scrībendum scrībendī scrībendae scrībenda
genitive scrībendī scrībendae scrībendī scrībendōrum scrībendārum scrībendōrum
dative scrībendō scrībendae scrībendō scrībendīs
accusative scrībendum scrībendam scrībendum scrībendōs scrībendās scrībenda
ablative scrībendō scrībendā scrībendō scrībendīs
vocative scrībende scrībenda scrībendum scrībendī scrībendae scrībenda

Necessity usually pertains when the gerundive comes with a conjugated form of esse, e.g.:

  1. Epistula scribenda. - "The letter (which is) being written."
  2. Epistula scribenda est. - "The letter has to be written."

References

  • scribendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare
    • style: genus dicendi (scribendi); oratio
    • I have nothing to write about: non habeo argumentum scribendi
    • I have nothing to write about: deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)
    • to become a writer, embrace a literary career: ad scribendum or ad scribendi studium se conferre
    • to become a writer, embrace a literary career: animum ad scribendum appellere, applicare
    • to make a mistake in writing: labi in scribendo
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