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gerundial

  • a word derived from gerund.
    gerund
    noun
    (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī genitive, dicendō dative, ablative, etc., “saying.”

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This is the gerundial infinitive after an adjective: comp. “good to eat,” “deadly to hear,” etc.

From Milton's Comus by William Bell

The omission not only of the gerundial termination -enne, but also of the infinitive sign -en after to; to honte, to speke;—in contradistinction to Semi-Saxon.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

The gerundial termination -enne, superseded by the infinitive termination -en; as to lufian for to lufienne, or lufigenne.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

The infinitive, or its noun, is used for the gerund, or a gerundial phrase in English.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox

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