Latin

Participle

scrībendus m ‎(feminine scrībenda, neuter scrībendum); first/second declension

1. which is to be written

Inflection

First/second declension.

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scribendus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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