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GERUNDIVES

GERUNDIVES. Gerundives. GRAMMAR CONSTRUCTIONS THAT USE GERUNDS (VERBAL NOUNS) OBLIGATION PURPOSE. NECESSE EST. ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT LATIN CONSTRUCTIONS REQUIRES A DATIVE AND AN INFINITIVE THE ROMANS USED THIS ONE ALL THE TIME. DROPPING THE NECESSE.

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GERUNDIVES

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  1. GERUNDIVES

  2. Gerundives • GRAMMAR CONSTRUCTIONS THAT USE GERUNDS (VERBAL NOUNS) • OBLIGATION • PURPOSE

  3. NECESSE EST • ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT LATIN CONSTRUCTIONS • REQUIRES A DATIVE AND AN INFINITIVE • THE ROMANS USED THIS ONE ALL THE TIME

  4. DROPPING THE NECESSE • BECAUSE NECESSE IS SO POPULAR THE ROMANS STARTED DROPPING IT • EXAMPLE: NECESSE EST MIHI DOMUM CURRERE • IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO RUN HOME

  5. CHANGING THE CONSTRUCTION • NECESSE EST MIHI DOMUM CURRERE • BECOMES • CURRENDUM MIHI DOMUM (NECESSE) EST • RUNNING HOME IS NECESSARY FOR ME

  6. AWKWARD GRAMMAR • RUNNING HOME IS NECESSARY FOR ME • IS THE SAME AS • I MUST RUN HOME • THUS: • CURRENDUM MIHI DOMUM EST = • I MUST RUN HOME

  7. EXAMPLES • FUGIENDUM CAECILIO AD TABLINUM EST • CANTANDUM QUINTO EST • EUNDUM MEUM CUBICULUM MIHI EST • DOCENDUM MAGISTRI EST • BIBENDUM VINUM NOBIS EST

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