The Latin gerundive is a non-finite verbform which serves as and is declinedlike an adjective (it may be called a future passive participle). It is used to indicate that someone or something (the referent of the noun it modifies) needs or deserves to be the object of an action. For example, if one refers to someone using the gerundive amandus, then one is saying that the person is suitable to be loved or deserves to be loved. The meaning is close to that of "lovable" in English, but the Latin is closer in meaning to "should be loved", the English closer to "may be loved".
Proverbs 22:1 King James Version (KJV)
22 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
