[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].
