verbfirst/second-declension participle
cōnficiendus
cōnficiendus (feminine cōnficienda, neuter cōnficiendum)
Meaning
- participlewhich is to be prepared or accomplished
Ad eās rēs cōnficiendās Orgetorīx dēligitur. Orgetorix is chosen for [the purpose of] accomplishing those things. (Literally, “for those things [going] to be accomplished”. The gerundive cōnficiendās modifies eās rēs; in this example, it is translated as a gerund, “accomplish-ing,” and “those things” as the object of the gerund.)
c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.3
Origins
Future passive participle (gerundive) of cōnficiō