"gerundium" meaning in Latin

See gerundium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡeˈrun.di.um/ [Classical-Latin], [ɡɛˈrʊn̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /d͡ʒeˈrun.di.um/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [d͡ʒeˈrun̪d̪ium] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”). Head templates: {{la-noun|gerundium<2>}} gerundium n (genitive gerundiī or gerundī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gerundium<2>}} Forms: gerundiī [genitive], gerundī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gerundium [nominative, singular], gerundia [nominative, plural], gerundiī [genitive, singular], gerundī [genitive, singular], gerundiōrum [genitive, plural], gerundiō [dative, singular], gerundiīs [dative, plural], gerundium [accusative, singular], gerundia [accusative, plural], gerundiō [ablative, singular], gerundiīs [ablative, plural], gerundium [singular, vocative], gerundia [plural, vocative]
  1. (grammar) the gerund, in latin a verbal noun inflected in the accusative, genitive, dative and ablative cases used to convey different verbal meanings. Not to be confused with the gerundīvum (future passive participle). Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Grammar Derived forms: gerundīvus Related terms: gerō, gerula, gerulum, gerulus

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gerundi"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: gerundi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: gerundi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "gerund"
          },
          "expansion": "English: gerund",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: gerund"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "xerundio"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: xerundio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: xerundio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Gerundium"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Gerundium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Gerundium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "γερούνδιον"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: γερούνδιον (geroúndion)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: γερούνδιον (geroúndion)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gerundio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: gerundio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: gerundio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "gerúndio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: gerúndio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: gerúndio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "gerunziu"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: gerunziu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: gerunziu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gerundio"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: gerundio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: gerundio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gerundiī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gerundium<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "gerundium n (genitive gerundiī or gerundī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gerundium<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "la:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "gerundīvus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the gerund, in latin a verbal noun inflected in the accusative, genitive, dative and ablative cases used to convey different verbal meanings. Not to be confused with the gerundīvum (future passive participle)."
      ],
      "id": "en-gerundium-la-noun-FmpVAENu",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "gerund",
          "gerund"
        ],
        [
          "accusative",
          "accusative"
        ],
        [
          "genitive",
          "genitive"
        ],
        [
          "dative",
          "dative"
        ],
        [
          "ablative",
          "ablative"
        ],
        [
          "gerundīvum",
          "gerundivum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) the gerund, in latin a verbal noun inflected in the accusative, genitive, dative and ablative cases used to convey different verbal meanings. Not to be confused with the gerundīvum (future passive participle)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gerō"
        },
        {
          "word": "gerula"
        },
        {
          "word": "gerulum"
        },
        {
          "word": "gerulus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeˈrun.di.um/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛˈrʊn̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒeˈrun.di.um/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒeˈrun̪d̪ium]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gerundium"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gerundīvus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gerundi"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: gerundi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: gerundi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "gerund"
          },
          "expansion": "English: gerund",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: gerund"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "xerundio"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: xerundio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: xerundio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Gerundium"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Gerundium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Gerundium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "γερούνδιον"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: γερούνδιον (geroúndion)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: γερούνδιον (geroúndion)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gerundio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: gerundio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: gerundio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "gerúndio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: gerúndio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: gerúndio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "gerunziu"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: gerunziu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: gerunziu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gerundio"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: gerundio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: gerundio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gerundiī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerundia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gerundium<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "gerundium n (genitive gerundiī or gerundī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gerundium<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gerō"
    },
    {
      "word": "gerula"
    },
    {
      "word": "gerulum"
    },
    {
      "word": "gerulus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the gerund, in latin a verbal noun inflected in the accusative, genitive, dative and ablative cases used to convey different verbal meanings. Not to be confused with the gerundīvum (future passive participle)."
      ],
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        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "gerund",
          "gerund"
        ],
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          "accusative"
        ],
        [
          "genitive",
          "genitive"
        ],
        [
          "dative",
          "dative"
        ],
        [
          "ablative",
          "ablative"
        ],
        [
          "gerundīvum",
          "gerundivum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) the gerund, in latin a verbal noun inflected in the accusative, genitive, dative and ablative cases used to convey different verbal meanings. Not to be confused with the gerundīvum (future passive participle)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeˈrun.di.um/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛˈrʊn̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒeˈrun.di.um/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒeˈrun̪d̪ium]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gerundium"
}

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