agendus

Latin

Etymology

Substituting the missing present passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈɡen.dus/, [äˈɡɛn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒen.dus/, [äˈd͡ʒɛn̪d̪us]

Participle

agendus (feminine agenda, neuter agendum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is being done or made
2. which is being driven

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	agendus	agenda	agendum		agendī	agendae	agenda
Genitive	agendī	agendae	agendī		agendōrum	agendārum	agendōrum
Dative	agendō		agendō		agendīs
Accusative	agendum	agendam	agendum		agendōs	agendās	agenda
Ablative	agendō	agendā	agendō		agendīs
Vocative	agende	agenda	agendum		agendī	agendae	agenda

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

1. Dies natalis agendus. - "Your birthday (which is) being celebrated."
2. Dies natalis agendus est. - "Your birthday has to be celebrated."

Related terms

• agēns
• agō

Descendants

• → English: agenda
• → Dutch: agenda

References

• agendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to follow fixed principles of conduct: certas rationes in agendo sequi