agendus

Latin

Etymology

    Future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    agendus (feminine agenda, neuter agendum); first/second-declension participle

    1. which is to be done or made
    2. which is to be driven

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative agendus agenda agendum agendī agendae agenda
    genitive agendī agendae agendī agendōrum agendārum agendōrum
    dative agendō agendae agendō agendīs
    accusative agendum agendam agendum agendōs agendās agenda
    ablative agendō agendā agendō agendīs
    vocative agende agenda agendum agendī agendae agenda

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

    1. Dies natalis agendus. - "Your birthday (which is) being celebrated."
    2. Dies natalis agendus est. - "Your birthday has to be celebrated."

    Descendants

    • → English: agenda
    • → Dutch: agenda

    References

    • “agendus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to follow fixed principles of conduct: certas rationes in agendo sequi
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