1. Ch 39:Gerunds and Gerundives
Kennedy discovers the Gerund and leads it back into captivity.
A Gerund chases some pronouns.

2. Verbal Nouns in Latin In Latin, there are three types of verbal nouns.
Infinitives (“to verb”)
Supines (“to verb”)
Gerunds (“verbing”)

3. Gerunds
A gerund is a verbal noun that is typically translated as “verbing”.
Although it ends in “-ing”, it is not a participle because it does not modify another noun.
Watch out for the running man!
Man, I really love running!
Participle!
Gerund!

4. Gerunds
Forming gerunds is as easy as knowing how to form the gerundive.
Remember, a gerundive was the future passive participle that ended in ndus, nda, ndum.
Active
Passive
Present
amans, ntis
___________________
Past (Perfect)
amatus, a, um
Future
amaturus, ura, urum
amandus, a, um

5. Forming the Gerundive / Gerund
To form the Gerundive, simply take the Present Stem from a verb and add “ndus, a, um” onto it.
cf. Amanda, Miranda and agenda
(A good way to remember the ending is from the word gerundive)
Note that since the Gerundive is an adjective, it exists in all 3 genders, but the gerund (a noun) only exists in one gender: the neuter
To form the gerund from the gerundive, just use the 2nd decl. neuter singular endings!

6. The Gerund of amō, amāre, amāvī, amātum
Gerunds
The Gerund of amō, amāre, amāvī, amātum
Nom.
amāre
to love
Gen.
amāndī
of loving
Dat.
amāndō
to/for loving
Acc.
amāndum
loving
Abl.
by loving

7. Gerunds Things to note about the formation of Gerunds:
1.There is no nominative
gerund. The form is
fulfilled by the present
active infinitive.
2. These are the only forms
of gerunds. They do not
have different masculine
or feminine forms.
3. There are no plurals.
Inf. used as nom. = Subjective Inf.
Nom.
amāre
to love
Gen.
amāndī
of loving
Dat.
amāndō
to/for loving
Acc.
amāndum
loving
Abl.
by loving

8. Using Gerunds A gerund is used in the same fashion as a normal noun.
Therefore, it can serve any syntactical function (direct object, abl. of means, objective gen., etc.)
They are always active and can take direct objects.
Habeo amorem scrībendī.
I have a love of writing.
Discimus legendo libros.
We learn by reading books.
Obj. Gen.
Acc. D.O. (of Gerund)
Abl. Of Means 8

9. Using Gerunds for Purpose
causā and grātiā take the gerund in the genitive to express purpose.
gerund is always placed before (i.e., “preceding”) causā and grātiā.
causā and grātiā are both translated as
“for the sake of…”
Rōmam vēnī multa videndī causā.
I came to Rome for the sake of seeing many things. 9

10. Using Gerunds for Purpose
ad can be used with a gerund in the accusative to express purpose.
In this construction, the gerund is usually placed after ad.
ad is translated as “for the purpose of…”
Arma cēpit ad pugnandum.
He took up arms for the purpose of fighting. 10

11. Gerundives
We have already seen gerundives and have learned that they should be translated as “ought to be verbed” or “must be verbed” .
With a form of sum, the gerundive is used in the Passive Periphrastic:
Id nobis faciendum est.
It must be done by us.
It ought to be done by us.
Remember: we use a
DATIVE of Agent
with a Pass. Periph. 11

12. Transforming to Gerundives
What often happens is when the gerund takes noun in accusative, the Roman put the noun in case in which the gerund would be and use a gerundive
A: Studium legendi libros
B: studium librorum legendorum
A: Libros legendo operam dat
B: Libris legendis operam dat.
However, the difference between this usage and the use of a gerund is that the gerundive modifies a noun and the gerund stands alone. 12

13. Exempli Gratia: Rōmam vēnī matrem videndī causā.
I came to Rome for the sake of seeing (my) mother.
Rōmam vēnī matris videndae causā.
Arma cēpit ad pugnandum hostes.
He took up arms for the purpose of fighting the enemy.
Arma cēpit ad pugnandos hostes. 13

14. Gerunds vs. Gerundives BUT GERUNDS STAND ALONE
Therefore, the basic difference between gerunds and gerundives is that
GERUNDIVES MODIFY A NOUN
BUT GERUNDS STAND ALONE 14

15. Expressing Purpose in Latin:
We now know several ways to express PURPOSE in Latin:
Purpose Clause: with ut/ne + Subjunctive
Rōmam venio ut matrem videam.
Supine: Acc. of Supine with a verb of motion
Rōmam venio matrem visum.
Gerund/Gerundive: with causā, grātiā, and ad
Rōmam vēnī matrem videndī causā.
Rōmam vēnī matris videndae causā 15

16. Ch 40: Potpourri: Questions, Fear Clauses, Gen./Abl. of Description

17. Direct Questions - other interrogative words (cur, ubi, etc)
We have seen a couple ways that Romans could ask direct questions:
- interrogative pronouns (quis, quid)
- other interrogative words (cur, ubi, etc)
- adding –ne to the first word in a question
These have no expectation of a specific answer!
We can also ask leading questions in Latin by using the particles Nonne and Num.

18. Ne, Nonne and Num You saw that man, didn’t you?
The enclitic –ne marks a question of unexpected/indefinite answer If the speaker expects an answer of yes, nonne will be used. If an answer of no is expected, num. Nonne illum virum vidisti? Num illum virum vidisti? Vidistine illum virum.
You saw that man, didn’t you?
You didn’t see that man, did you?
Did you see that man?

19. Some other Interrogative Words
Meanings
quis, quid
who, what?
quī, quae, quod
what _______, which?
cūr
Why?
quārē
ubi
when/ where?
unde
Whence?
quō
Whither?
quam
How?
quot
how many?
uter, utra, utrum
which one (of two)?

20. Before Main Verb (Past Time)
Fear Clauses
- Remember: Dependent Subjunctives use the Sequence of Tenses.
Sequence of Tenses:
Same Time OR
After Main Verb
Before Main Verb (Past Time)
With Primary
Tenses
(Pres., Fut.)
Present Subj.
Perfect Subj.
With Secondary
(Pf., Impf., Plupf.)
Imperfect Subj.
Pluperfect Subj.

21. Fear clauses
If you’re afraid of something, it can function as a direct object. ex: I fear the dog. - Timeo canem. However, if you’re afraid that something will happen, that action is a fear clause. ex: I fear that none of you will study. This is hypothetical right? So what will we use? A SUBJUNCTIVE!

22. Fear Clause Formula Verb of Fearing + ut/nē + Subjunctive Verb
Use the ut when you’re afraid something will NOT happen
(and thus you want it to happen!)
Use nē when you’re afraid something will happen
(and thus you don’t want it to happen!)
So, it’s essentially opposite what you would normally expect of ut/nē in the other subjunctive clauses we’ve seen

23. Translating and Exempla:
In fearing clauses, translate:
ut – “that…not”
ne – “that” or “lest”
Remember: opposite of what you’d expect!
For the subjunctive verbs: use auxiliaries:
“will” / “may” – or – “would” / “might”
Timeo ut ille veniat.
Timeo ne ille veniat.
Sec. Seq.
Prim. Seq.

24. Genitive and Ablative of Description
A noun in either the genitive or ablative can be used to describe the characteristics of another noun.
NB: there must be an adjective with the gen./abl. phrase
While both can express character/quality/size, generally the ablative was used to denote physical characteristics.

25. Translate: “of…” (in either case) – or – “with” (abl. only)
Femina magnae sapientiae.
Miles firma manu.
Vir summa virtute et humanitate.
You’ve done this for months!

26. We’re DONE with Wheelock!