- (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”
- resembling a gerund.
- (in Latin grammar) an adjective formed from a verb, expressing the desirability of the activity denoted by the verb
- of or relating to the gerund or gerundive
