A Conversation for Handy Latin Phrases
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ellen aka bobby watson Started conversation Jun 13, 2003
this will make me seem really weird, but I was in a discussion tonight about the saying "de gustibus non disputandum est".
I think 'disputandum' is a gerundivum, but my friend thinks it's a gerundium. I'm quite sure I'm right, but I need confirmation...
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Cefpret Posted Jun 14, 2003
A gerundium is a noun, whereas a gerundivum is an adjective. In your sentence it's obviously an adjective, more accurately a predicate nomen.
Moreover it's the nominative, and the gerundium in nominative would be just 'disputare'.
It's definitively a gerundivum.
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