scribendus
Latin
Etymology
Future passive participle (gerundive) of scrībō (“I write”).
Participle
scrībendus (feminine scrībenda, neuter scrībendum); first/second-declension participle
- which is to be written
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | scrībendus | scrībenda | scrībendum | scrībendī | scrībendae | scrībenda | |
| Genitive | scrībendī | scrībendae | scrībendī | scrībendōrum | scrībendārum | scrībendōrum | |
| Dative | scrībendō | scrībendō | scrībendīs | ||||
| Accusative | scrībendum | scrībendam | scrībendum | scrībendōs | scrībendās | scrībenda | |
| Ablative | scrībendō | scrībendā | scrībendō | scrībendīs | |||
| Vocative | scrībende | scrībenda | scrībendum | scrībendī | scrībendae | scrībenda | |
References
- scribendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
- to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare