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§506. Gerund and Gerundive

The Accusative of the Gerund and Gerundive is used after the preposition ad, to denote Purpose (cf. § 533):—

  • mē vocās ad scrībendum (Or. 34), you summon me to write.
  • vīvis nōn ad dēpōnendam sed ad cōnfīrmandam audāciam (Cat. 1.4), you live not to put off but to confirm your daring.
  • nactus aditūs ad ea cōnanda (B. C. 1.31), having found means to undertake these things.

Ablative of the Gerund and Gerundive

J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.