nōminandī istōrum tibī̆ erit cōpia, Pl. Cap. 852, you will have a chance to name them. poenārum solvendī tempus, Lucr. 5, 1225, the time of paying penalties. exemplōrum ēligendī potestās, Inv. 2, 5, a chance of picking out examples. lūcis tuendī cōpiam, Pl. Cap. 1008, a chance to look upon the light.
[2262.] (2.) The genitive of the gerundive construction is used predicatively with sum.
rēgium imperium, quod initiō cōnservandae libertātis fuerat, S. C. 6, 7, the authority of the king, which had originally served to uphold freedom. cētera in XII minuendī sūmptūs sunt lāmentātiōnisque fūnebris, Leg. 2, 59, the rest of the contents of the Twelve Tables are conducive to the abating of extravagance and keening at funerals. concordiam ōrdinum, quam dissolvendae tribūnīciae potestātis rentur esse, L. 5, 3, 5, the union of the classes, which they believe serves to break down the power of the tribunes. This use is not common. It is found rarely in Sallust and Cicero; chiefly in Livy.
[2263.] The genitive of the gerundive construction, without a substantive or adjective ([2258]) or the verb sum ([2262]), is occasionally used to denote purpose: as,
quae ille cēpit lēgum ac lībertātis subvortundae, S. Fr. Phil. 10, which he began in order to overthrow freedom and the laws, of civil war. ūnum vincīrī iubet, magis ūsurpandī iūris quam quia ūnīus culpa foret, Ta. H. 4, 25, he ordered one into irons, more to vindicate his authority than because an individual was to blame. This use occurs very rarely in Sallust, chiefly in Tacitus and late Latin. Once in Terence with the gerund.
[2264.] Tacitus has the genitive of the gerundive construction two or three times with a judicial verb ([1280]) to denote the charge: as, occupandae rē̆ī pūblicae arguī nōn poterant, Ta. 6, 10, they could not be charged with an attempt on the throne.
[Ablative.]
[2265.] In the ablative a transitive gerund with a substantive object is not uncommon.
frātrem laudandō, Leg. 1, 1, in quoting your brother. largē partiendō praedam, L. 21, 5, 5, by a lavish distribution of the spoil. This use is particularly common in Livy. Not in Caesar.