GERUND, INFINITIVE, SUBJUNCTIVE 193
II. In the principal sentence of an indirect statement after verbs of saying and mental action. The subject is in the accusative (§§ 416, 418, >419).
458. The subjunctive is used:
- To denote purpose (§§ 349, 366, 372).
- To denote consequence or result (§§ 385, 386).
- In relative clauses of characteristic or description (§ 390).
- In cum clauses of time, cause, and concession (§ 396).
- In indirect questions (§ 432).
459.
EXERCISES
I.
- Caesar, cum pervēnisset, militēs hortābātur nē cōnsilium oppidī capiendi omitterent.
- Rēx, castrīs prope oppidum positīs, mīsit explōrātōrēs quī cognōscerent ubi exercitus Rōmanus esset.
- Nēmo relinquēbātur quī arma ferre posset.
- Nūntiī vīdērunt ingentem armōrum multitudinem dē mūrō in fossani iactam esse.
- Dux suōs trānsīre flūmen iussit. Trānsīre autem hoc flūmen erat difficillimum.
- Rōmānī cum hanc calamitātem molestē ferrant, tamen terga vertere recūsāvērunt.
- Hōc rūmōre audītō, tantus terror omnium animōs occupāvit ut nē fortissimī quidem proelium committere vellent.
- Erant quī putārent tempus annī idōneum nōn esse itinerī faciendō.
- Tam ācriter ab utraque parte pugnābātur ut multa mīlia hominum occīderentur.
- Quid timēs? Timeō nē Rōmānīs in animō sit tōtam Galliam superāre et nōbīs iniūriās inferre.
II.
- Do you not see who is standing on the wall?
- We hear that the plan of taking the town has been given up.
- Since the Germans thought that the Romans could not cross the Rhine, Cæsar ordered a bridge to be made.
- When the bridge was finished, the savages were so terrified that they hid themselves.
- They feared that Cæsar would pursue them.
- Cæsar [1]asked the traders what the size of the island was.
- The traders advised him not [2]to cross the sea.
- He sent scouts [3]to choose a place for a camp.