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单词 gerundive
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gerundiveadj.n.

/dʒɪˈrʌndɪv/
Etymology: < late Latin gerundīvus (modus ), < gerundium gerund n. Compare French gérondif.
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to, akin to, or of the nature of, a gerund. (Cf. B. 2.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adjective] > relating to gerunds
gerundive1612
gerundial1846
gerundival1884
1612 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts f. 22 Is it then properly a Participle of the Future in dus, when it signifieth Actiuely? A. No. It is then rather an Adjectiue Gerundiue.
1868 F. M. Müller Stratif. Lang. 30 In Sanskrit..the so-called gerundive participle..signifies that a thing is necessary or proper to be done.
1885 P. Perring Hard Knots 307 This use of the Gerundive participle will hardly be disputed.
1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. 543 The origin of the Gerundive suffix still remains doubtful.
2. humorous nonce-use. Having to do with gerunds; crammed with gerunds.
ΚΠ
a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iiiiii4v/1 That Gerundive [printed Gerundine] maw of yours, that without Do will end in Di & Dum instantly.
B. n.
1. = gerund n. (So French gérondif.)
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > nouns derived from verbs
supinec1450
gerundive1483
verbal nouna1504
overthrown?1533
gerund1542
verbal substantive1570
1483 Cath. Angl. 154/2 A Gerundyfe, gerundium.
1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. B.i Somtyme quis, qui is gouerned..of the gerundyue.
1851 G. Brown Gram. of Eng. Gram. (1873) 466 Gerundives are participles governed by prepositions; but, there being little or no occasion to distinguish these from other participles, we seldom use this name.
1896 P. Toynbee Brachet's Hist. Gram. French Lang. §553.
2. In Latin grammar, a verbal adjective, of the nature of a passive participle, expressing the idea of necessity or fitness: its suffix is the same as that of the gerund. Hence applied to forms of like meaning in other languages.
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1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Gerundive (in Grammar) an Adjective made of a Gerund.
1721–92 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1847 Kennedy Elem. Lat. Gram. 174 For signifying Necessity Passively, the Gerundive is used Impersonally in the Neuter Gender.
1881 Bradley Arnold's Latin Prose §391 The use of the gerundive is confined to transitive verbs, including deponents.

Compounds

gerundive-making adj.
ΚΠ
1892 Whitney Max Müller 71 The gerundive-making suffixes tavya and anīya.

Derivatives

geˈrundively adv. in the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adverb] > specific
appellatively1613
collectively1641
gerundively1849
gerundially1860
1849 J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. (1857) 92 The participle used gerundively does not differ, in external form, from the ordinary participle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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