repellendus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle of repellō.

Participle

repellendus (feminine repellenda, neuter repellendum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is to be, deserving to be, fit to be, that which must/should be: repelled, repulsed, rejected
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.325–326:

     ‘nec voluī fierī nec sum crūdēlis in īrā,
     cūrā repellendī sed mihi nūlla fuit.’

     “I did not want [it] to happen, nor am I cruel in my anger,
     but that which should be repelled was no concern to me.”
     (When the ancient Romans neglected to worship Flora (mythology), she allowed flowers and plants to wither. In more natural English, the displeased goddess might say: “but I no longer cared, and did nothing to stop it.”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	repellendus	repellenda	repellendum		repellendī	repellendae	repellenda
Genitive	repellendī	repellendae	repellendī		repellendōrum	repellendārum	repellendōrum
Dative	repellendō		repellendō		repellendīs
Accusative	repellendum	repellendam	repellendum		repellendōs	repellendās	repellenda
Ablative	repellendō	repellendā	repellendō		repellendīs
Vocative	repellende	repellenda	repellendum		repellendī	repellendae	repellenda