reprimendus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle of reprimō.

Participle

reprimendus (feminine reprimenda, neuter reprimendum); first/second-declension participle

  1. which is to be repressed, checked, prevented, restrained
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.7:
      Dīxī ego īdem in Senātū caedem tē optumātium contulisse in ante diem quīntum Kalendās Novembrīs, tum cum multī prīncipēs cīvitātis Rōmā nōn tam suī cōnservandī quam tuōrum cōnsiliōrum reprimendōrum causā profūgērunt.
      Likewise I myself declared in the Senate that you had postponed the slaughter of the optimates until the fifth day before the Kalends of November, at which time many leaders of the state fled from Rome not so much for the sake of saving themselves as [for the purpose] of repressing your plans.
      (The fifth day before … = October 28.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative reprimendus reprimenda reprimendum reprimendī reprimendae reprimenda
genitive reprimendī reprimendae reprimendī reprimendōrum reprimendārum reprimendōrum
dative reprimendō reprimendae reprimendō reprimendīs
accusative reprimendum reprimendam reprimendum reprimendōs reprimendās reprimenda
ablative reprimendō reprimendā reprimendō reprimendīs
vocative reprimende reprimenda reprimendum reprimendī reprimendae reprimenda