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Latin
Etymology
Substituting the missing present passive participle (gerundive) of scrībō (“I write”).
Participle
scrībendus (feminine scrībenda, neuter scrībendum); first/second-declension participle
- which is being written
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Necessity usually pertains when the gerundive comes with a conjugated form of esse, e.g.:
- Epistula scribenda. - "The letter (which is) being written."
- Epistula scribenda est. - "The letter has to be written."
References
- scribendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare
- style: genus dicendi (scribendi); oratio
- I have nothing to write about: non habeo argumentum scribendi
- I have nothing to write about: deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)
- to become a writer, embrace a literary career: ad scribendum or ad scribendi studium se conferre
- to become a writer, embrace a literary career: animum ad scribendum appellere, applicare
- to make a mistake in writing: labi in scribendo