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Latin
Etymology
Future passive participle of peccō.
Participle
peccandus (feminine peccanda, neuter peccandum); first/second-declension participle
- which is to sin, transgress or offend
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.299–300:
- ‘saepe deōs aliquis peccandō fēcit inīquōs,
et prō dēlictīs hostia blanda fuit’- “Often by sinning someone has made the gods hostile,
and for having failed there has been a soothing sacrifice.”
(The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology). A more literal translation of the gerundive “peccando” is “by having done that which will be offensive ”.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.