legendus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Future passive participle (gerundive) of legō (“pick out, select”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leˈɡen.dus/, [ɫ̪ɛˈɡɛn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈd͡ʒen.dus/, [leˈd͡ʒɛn̪d̪us]
Participle edit
legendus (feminine legenda, neuter legendum); first/second-declension participle
- which is to be chosen, selected, appointed.
- which is to be collected, gathered, brought together.
- which is to be taken, stolen.
- which is to be traversed, passed through.
- which is to be read (aloud), recited.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | legendus | legenda | legendum | legendī | legendae | legenda | |
| Genitive | legendī | legendae | legendī | legendōrum | legendārum | legendōrum | |
| Dative | legendō | legendō | legendīs | ||||
| Accusative | legendum | legendam | legendum | legendōs | legendās | legenda | |
| Ablative | legendō | legendā | legendō | legendīs | |||
| Vocative | legende | legenda | legendum | legendī | legendae | legenda | |
References edit
- legendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to read cursorily: legendo percurrere aliquid
- to read cursorily: legendo percurrere aliquid