scribendus

Latin

Etymology

Substituting the missing present passive participle (gerundive) of scrībō (“I write”).

Participle

scrībendus (feminine scrībenda, neuter scrībendum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is being 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

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

1. Epistula scribenda. - "The letter (which is) being written."
2. Epistula scribenda est. - "The letter has to be written."

References

• scribendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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