单词 | gerundive |
释义 | gerundiveadj.n. 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1483 |
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