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A form of a {{tag|Latin}} {{tag|verb}}, having the (declinable) ending ''-ndus'' which functions as an {{tag|adjective}} meaning ''“that should or must be done”''. | |||
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*[[quod erat demonstrandum]] — ''because that is the very thing one seeks to prove'''; | |||
*[[mutatis mutandis]] — ''changed in ways that must be changed''. | |||
See also [[gerund]], which is capable of social snobbery.<br /> | See also [[gerund]], which is capable of social snobbery.<br /> | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 21 October 2016
A form of a Latin verb, having the (declinable) ending -ndus which functions as an adjective meaning “that should or must be done”.
Examples:
- quod erat demonstrandum — because that is the very thing one seeks to prove';
- mutatis mutandis — changed in ways that must be changed.
See also gerund, which is capable of social snobbery.
