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Meaning of -undus | Babel Free

Phrase feminine CEFR B1
[ʊn.dʊs]

Definitions

  1. derives adjective nouns from verbs, similar to present participles, but without the present time restriction
  2. Old Latin or archaic ending of the future passive participle (gerundive) of third- and fourth-conjugation verbs; also classically retained in the following legal set phrase

Examples

“sequor (“follow”) → secundus (“following”)”
“orior (“rise”) → oriundus (“rising, originating”)”
“lābor (“glide, slide, fall”) → lābundus (“falling”)”
“rotō (“turn around, roll”) → rotundus (“rolling”)”
“pecuniae repetundae”

bribery

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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