Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

SECOND LATIN
2. Facultas: used here in the sense of power or ability.
3- Sensibilis: perceptible to the mind through the senses of sight,
hearing, touch, and the like. Capable of being apprehended by the
bodily senses.
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GRAMMAR
Gerund and gerundive participle. These verb parts are formed similarly,
that is, by adding -nd- plus the inflectional endings to the basic
root. For example:
capiendus, -a, -um capiendi, -ae, -a
capiendi, -ae, -i
capiendorum, -arum, -arum
capiendo, -ae, -0
capiendis, -is, -is
capiendum, -am, -urn capiendos, -as, -a
capiendo, -a, -0
capiendis, -is, -is
a) The gerund is used in the singular only, and only in the oblique
cases (i.e., all cases except the nominative and the vocative).
b) The gerund combines the functions of both the verb and the
noun. For example: ars scribendi, the art of writing. Potestas res
cognoscendi, the power of recognizing things.
c) The gerund is always active in meaning and in grammatical
relationship.
d) The gerundive participle is used in all cases and both numbers.
e) The gerundive participle is used as an adj ective or with some
form of esse as a predicate verb with the idea of must or ought. This
last construction is sometimes called the Second Periphrastic.
f) The gerundive participle is always passive in meaning and in
grammatical relationship. The agent, when expressed, is put in the
dative case.
Examples:
As adjective: Magna et conservanda civitas, a great city worthy of
presertJation.