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Latin
Etymology
Future passive participle (gerundive) of quaerō
Participle
quaerendus (feminine quaerenda, neuter quaerendum); first/second-declension participle
- which is to be sought for
- which is to be asked, which is to be questioned
- which is to be striven for
- which is to be missed, which is to be lacked
- which is to be desired
8 CE – 12 CE,
Ovid,
Sorrows 1.53–54:
- dōnec eram sospes, titulī tangēbar amōre,
quaerendīque mihi nōminis ārdor erat.- While I was safe and sound, I was enchanted by love of fame, and the ardor of desire was that of a name for myself.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- quaerendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the motive, cause, is to be found in..: causa repetenda est ab aliqua re (not quaerenda)
- the question has forced itself on my mind: quaerendum esse mihi visum est