Gerund and Gerundive + pg 334-335 Vocab Flashcards
aedificium, aedificii
n., building, structure
iniuria, iniuriae
f., injustice, injury, wrong
mulier, mulieris
f., woman
transitus, transitus
m., passing over, transit; transition
ventus, venti
m., wind
cupidus, cupida, cupidum
desirous, eager, fond; + gen., desirous of, eager for
liberalis, liberale
of, relating to a free person; worthy of a free man, decent, liberal; generous
necesse
indecl. adj. used as nom. or acc., necessary, inevitable
necesse est + infinitive
it is necessary (to)
vetus, gen. veteris
old
quasi
adv. or conj., as if, as it were (quasi; = quam + si)
ambulo, ambulare, ambulavi, ambulatum
to walk
experior, experiri, expertus sum
to try, test; experience
libo, libare, libavi, libatum
to pour a libation of, on; pour ritually; sip; touch gently (libation)
oportet, oportere, oportuit
impersonal + infinitive, it is proper, right, necessary
oppugno, oppugnare, oppugnavi, oppugnatum
to fight against, attack, assault, assail
orno, ornare, ornavi, ornatum
to equip, furnish, adorn
pernocto, pernoctare, pernoctavi, pernoctatum
to spend, to occupy the night
transeo, transire, transii, transitum
to go across, cross; pass over, ignore
gerundive =
future passive participle
the gerund is a
verbal noun
the gerund only has _______ forms
singular
what four cases can the gerund be?
genitive, dative, accusative, ablative (all singular of course)
the gerund looks like the
gerundive
the gerund’s voice is
active in meaning
translate the gerund as
“-ing”
the gerund has no ______ case
nominative
what do you use for the nominative verbal noun
the infinitive
ex: errare est humanum
to err is human
the gerundive is a verbal ______ while the gerund is a verbal ___
adjective (gerund-ive adject-ive), noun
the gerund only exists in what gender
neuter
the gerundive is ____ in meaning while the gerund is ______
passive, active
gerund gerundive swap
when you’ve got a gerund taking a direct object the Romans preferred using the gerundive and putting the direct object in the same case as the gerundive. See example flashcards and also consult pg 333
gerund gerundive swap ex: studium legendi libros
studium librorum legendorum
gerund gerundive swap: libros legendo discimus
libris legendis discimus
don’t translate the gerundive swap as
about to be verbed, as if it was a future passive participle. Imagine it’s a gerund with a direct object.
ad + an accusative gerundive (or gerund phrase) ex: He came to read books.
He came to read books.
causa + genitive means
for the sake of
librorum legendorum causa otium petit
She seeks leisure for the sake of reading books
3 ways to express purpose in Latin
- gerundive/gerund phrases 2. ut/ne + subjunctive, 3. after a main verb of motion, the accusative supine