(sometimes an Abl.) of the Gerund is retained if the construction is made clearer thereby.
| Cōnsŭl plācandīs dīs dăt operam (=plācandō deōs) | The consul turns his attention to appeasing the gods. |
| Prŏfectŭs ăd sĕpĕliendōs eōs quī cĕcĭdĕrant | Having set out to bury the fallen. |
| A suum cuique tribuendo lex Graece dicta est | Law is so called in Greek from assigning eachman his own. |
The Gerund, if in the Genitive itself, has, very rarely, its object in the Genitive. In Cic. Phil. V. 3, all the possible constructions are found: ăgĭtŭr vitrum M. Antōniō făcultās dētŭr caedis faciendae bŏnōrum, ăgrōrum sŭīs lătrōnĭbus condōnandi, pŏpŭlum Rōmanum servĭtūtĕ opprĭmendi, etc. the question is whether Marcus Antonius should be given the opportunity of making a massacre of the respectable classes, of presenting lands to his brigands, of crushing the Roman people into slavery, etc.
The Gerund of Intransitive Verbs and the Gerundive of Transitive Verbs are used in the Nominative to express Obligation. In indirect construction the Nom. becomes Acc.
| Audendum atquĕ ăgendum | We must do and dare. |
| Praepŏnendă est dīvĭtĭīs glōrĭă | Glory must be putbeforeriches. |
| Vĭdĕō praepōnendam essĕ dīvĭtīs glōrĭam | I see that glory must be put before riches. |
In old Latin the Gerund of Transitive Verbs is sometimes used with the Ace.: poenās in mortĕ tĭmendum est we must fear punishment in (after) death. This is not to be imitated.
§ 361. The Subject of the Action of the Gerund or Gerundive is sometimes put in the Abl with ăb instead of the Dat.
| Cīvĭbŭs ā vōbis cōnsŭlendum | You must consult the interests of the citizens. |
If vōbīs had been used, it might also have meant the citizens must consult your interests.
§ 362. The Gerundive is often used as an attribute of what must be done or (in Negative and Quasi-Negative expressions) of what may be done.
| Sacră Bŏnae mărĭbus nōn ădĕundă Dĕae | The rites of Bona Dea not to be approached by males. |
| Vix tŏlĕrandum frīgŭs | Cold hardly to be endured. |
§ 363. Only Transitive Verbs which take a Direct Acc.
