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192 GERUND, INFINITIVE, SUBJUNCTIVE proximō diē cum reliquīs domum profectus est. II.
 * 1) Erant itinera duo quibus itineribus Helvētiī domō exīre possent.
 * 2) Rēx erat summā audāciā et magnā apud populum potentiā.
 * 3) Gallī timōre servitūtis commōtī bellum parābant.
 * 4) Caesar monet lēgātōs ut contineant militēs, nē studiō pugnandī aut spē praedae longius prōgrediantur.
 * 5) Bellum ācerrimum ā Caesare in Gallōs gestum est.
 * 1) The lieutenant after having seized the mountain restrained his (men) from battle.
 * 2) All the Gauls differ from each other in laws.
 * 3) This tribe is much braver than the rest.
 * 4) This road is ten miles shorter than that.
 * 5) In summer Cæsar carried on war in Gaul, in winter he returned to Italy.
 * 6) At midnight the general set out from the camp with three legions.
 * 7) I fear that you cannot protect yourself from these enemies.
 * 8) After this battle was finished peace was made by all the Gauls.

 

455. The gerund is a verbal noun and is used only in the genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative singular. The constructions of these cases are I.general the same as those of other nouns (§§ 402; 406.1).

456. The gerundive is a verbal adjective and must be used instead of gerund + object, excepting in the genitive and in the ablative without a preposition. Even in these instances the gerundive construction is more usual (§ 406.2).

457. The infinitive is used: I.As in English.

a. As subject or predicate nominative (§ 216).

b. To complete the predicate with verbs of incomplete predication (complementary infinitive) (§ 215).

c. As object with subject accusative after verbs of wishing, commanding, forbidding, and the like (§ 213).