08.06.25: Level 3; the gerundive [6]; practice (4)

[a] Complete each phrase with the gerundives listed below:

[1] to find / for the purpose of finding the boy │ ad puerum __________

[2] to carry the food │ad cibum __________

[3] to seek peace │ ad pācem __________

[4] to destroy the town │ad oppidum __________

[5] to eat dinner │ ad cēnam __________

[6] to kill the animal │ ad animal __________

[7] to drag away the captives │ ad captīvōs __________

[8] to see the men │ad virōs __________

[9] to build the villas │ad vīllās __________

[10] to burn the camp │ ad castra __________

aedificandās; cōnsūmendam; dēlendum; incendenda; interficiendum; inveniendum; petendam; portandum; trahendōs; videndōs

[b] Complete the English translations; the gerundive phrases will translate either as to + infinitive or for the purpose of … ing

Example:

He himself set forth further into Gaul for the purpose of conducting ¦ meetings. │ Ipse in citeriōrem Galliam ad agendōs ¦ conventūs profectus est

[1] Ad hōs librōs legendōs latīnam discimus.

[2] Grumiō venit ad cēnam parandam.

[3] Ad secandōs arborēs illī illīc vēnērunt.

[4] Eō diē hī ad Caesarem bis veniēbant ad laudandum eum.

[5] Tempus ad arma capienda nōn habuerant.

[6] Lēgātī Rōmam missī sunt ad rogandum auxilium.

[7] Equitēs ad interficiendum Cicerōnem vēnērunt.

[8] Nōn ad laudandum Caesarem at sepeliendum vēnī.

[1] We learn Latin to __________.

[2] Grumio came __________.

[3] Those men came there for the purpose of __________.

[4] They came to Caesar twice on that day __________.

[5] They did not have time __________.

[6] The envoys were sent to Rome __________.

[7] The knights came __________.

[8] I have not come to __________ but __________ [him].