§507. Gerund and Gerundive
The Ablative of the Gerund and Gerundive is used (1) to express manner,1 means, cause, etc.; (2) after Comparatives; and (3) after the propositions ab, dē, ex, in, and (rarely) prō:—
- (1)
multa pollicendō persuādet
(Iug. 46), he persuades by large promises. -
Latīnē loquendō cuivīs pār
(Brut. 128), equal to any man in speaking Latin. -
hīs ipsīs legendīs
(Cat. M. 21), by reading these very things. -
obscūram atque humilem conciendō ad sē multitūdinem
(Liv. 1.8), calling to them a mean and obscure multitude. - (2)
nūllum officium referendā grātiā magis necessārium est
(Off. 1.47), no duty is more important than repaying favors. - (3)
in rē gerendā versārī
(Cat. M. 17), to be employed in conducting affairs.
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.