debendus

debendus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle (gerundive) of dēbeō (“owe, ought”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈben.dus/, [d̪eːˈbɛn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈben.dus/, [d̪eˈbɛn̪d̪us]

Participle

dēbendus (feminine dēbenda, neuter dēbendum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is to be owed
2. which ought to be done

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēbendus	dēbenda	dēbendum		dēbendī	dēbendae	dēbenda
Genitive	dēbendī	dēbendae	dēbendī		dēbendōrum	dēbendārum	dēbendōrum
Dative	dēbendō		dēbendō		dēbendīs
Accusative	dēbendum	dēbendam	dēbendum		dēbendōs	dēbendās	dēbenda
Ablative	dēbendō	dēbendā	dēbendō		dēbendīs
Vocative	dēbende	dēbenda	dēbendum		dēbendī	dēbendae	dēbenda

References

• debendus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)