-andus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Proto-Italic *-āntnos, see -undus. From the stem-final vowel -ā- of the first conjugation + -nd-, with regular shortening of a vowel before the cluster -nd-. Compare 2nd- to 4th-conjugation -endus.

Cognates include Oscan *-πŒ€πŒπŒ” / *-πŒ€πŒπŒπŒ” (*-ans) (as attested in πŒ”πŒ€πŒŠπŒ“πŒ€πŒπŒπŒ€πŒ” (sakrannas, nominative plural feminine) and πŒžπŒπŒ”πŒ€πŒπŒπŒ€πŒŒ (ΓΊpsannam, accusative singular feminine)) and Umbrian -πŒ€πŒπŒ” (-ans) (as attested in πŒπŒ‰πŒ‡πŒ€πŒπŒ„πŒ“ (pihaner, genitive singular)).

Suffix

-andus

  1. ending of the future passive participle (gerundive) of first conjugation verbs

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative -andus -anda -andum -andΔ« -andae -anda
genitive -andī -andae -andī -andōrum -andārum -andōrum
dative -andō -andae -andō -andīs
accusative -andum -andam -andum -andōs -andās -anda
ablative -andō -andā -andō -andīs
vocative -ande -anda -andum -andΔ« -andae -anda

Descendants

  • Italian: -ando
  • Portuguese: -ando
  • Romanian: -Γ’nd
  • Spanish: -ando