vivendus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle (gerundive) of vīvō (“live, be alive”).

Participle

vīvendus (feminine vīvenda, neuter vīvendum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is to be lived
2. which is to be survived
3. which is to be resided in

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vīvendus	vīvenda	vīvendum		vīvendī	vīvendae	vīvenda
genitive	vīvendī	vīvendae	vīvendī		vīvendōrum	vīvendārum	vīvendōrum
dative	vīvendō	vīvendae	vīvendō		vīvendīs
accusative	vīvendum	vīvendam	vīvendum		vīvendōs	vīvendās	vīvenda
ablative	vīvendō	vīvendā	vīvendō		vīvendīs
vocative	vīvende	vīvenda	vīvendum		vīvendī	vīvendae	vīvenda

Descendants

• Asturian: vivienda
• Catalan: vianda
• English: viand
• French: viande
• Italian: vivanda
• Occitan: vianda, vivenda
• Portuguese: vianda, vivenda
• Romansch: vivanda, vivonda
• Spanish: vianda, vivienda

References

• vivendus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vivendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • for a life of perfect happiness: ad bene beateque vivendum
    
  • to choose a career, profession: genus vitae (vivendi) or aetatis degendae deligere