legendus

Latin

Etymology

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

Participle

legendus (feminine legenda, neuter legendum); first/second-declension participle

  1. which is to be chosen, selected, appointed.
  2. which is to be collected, gathered, brought together.
  3. which is to be taken, stolen.
  4. which is to be traversed, passed through.
  5. which is to be read (aloud), recited.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative legendus legenda legendum legendī legendae legenda
genitive legendī legendae legendī legendōrum legendārum legendōrum
dative legendō legendae legendō legendīs
accusative legendum legendam legendum legendōs legendās legenda
ablative legendō legendā legendō legendīs
vocative legende legenda legendum legendī legendae legenda

References

  • 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
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