legendus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle (gerundive) of legō (“pick out, select”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leˈɡen.dus/, [ɫ̪ɛˈɡɛn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒen.dus/, [leˈd͡ʒɛn̪d̪us]

Participle

legendus (feminine legenda, neuter legendum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is to be chosen, selected, appointed.
2. which is to be collected, gathered, brought together.
3. which is to be taken, stolen.
4. which is to be traversed, passed through.
5. which is to be read (aloud), recited.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	legendus	legenda	legendum		legendī	legendae	legenda
genitive	legendī	legendae	legendī		legendōrum	legendārum	legendōrum
dative	legendō	legendae	legendō		legendīs
accusative	legendum	legendam	legendum		legendōs	legendās	legenda
ablative	legendō	legendā	legendō		legendīs
vocative	legende	legenda	legendum		legendī	legendae	legenda

References

• legendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to read cursorily: legendo percurrere aliquid