§§ 499, 500] GERUNDIVE 815


2. Purpose, intention, or readiness : —
egreditur castris Romanus vallum invasirus (Liv. iii. 60. 8), the Roman comes
out of the camp with the intention of attacking the rampart.
dispersós per agrós milités equitibus invásüris (id. xxxi. 36), while the horse
were ready to attack the soldiers scattered through the fields.
si peritürus abis (Aen. ii. 675), if you are going away to perish.
3. Apodosis : —


dedit mihi quantum maximum potuit, datürus amplius si potuisset (Plin. Ep.
iii. 21. 6), he gave me as much as he could, ready to give me more if he
- had been able. [Here datürus is equivalent to dedisset.]


Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)


Note. — The participle in -dus, commonly called the Gerundive, has two distinct
uses: -—

(1) Its predicate and attribute use as Participle or Adjective (§ 500).
(2) Its use with the meaning of the Gerund (§ 503). This may be called its gerun-
dive use.
500. The Gerundive when used as a Participle or an Adjective
is always passive, denoting necessity, obligation, or propriety.
In this use of the Gerundive the following points are to be
observed : —


1. The gerundive is sometimes used, like the present and perfect
participles, in simple agreement with a noun : —
fortem et conservandum virum (Mil. 104), a brave man, and worthy to be pre-
served.
gravis iniüria facta est et nón ferenda (Flacc. 84), a grave and intolerable
wrong has been done.
