Name the construction Flashcards
Armis depositis
Ablative absolute
A subordinate clause introduced by cum meaning since/when/although and describing an action somehow associated with the action in the main clause.
Cum
Semper eris felix, dummodo Latinam ames
Proviso clause
A subordinate clause explaining the result of the action in the main clause, i.e., answering the question “what is (was) the outcome?”
Result
Discamus magna cum delectatione linguam Latinam
Jussive
imperat vobis ut hoc faciatis
Jussive noun clause
A subordinate clause which reports some question indirectly, i.e., not via a direct quotation.
Indirect question
Tam multum studet ut Latinam bene discat
Result
Bene ages, dummodo studeas
Proviso clause
equitatu praemisso
Ablative absolute
Hic dicit ut eos iuvet
Purpose
Monuit eos ne hoc facerent
Jussive noun clause
Persuadet eis ut hoc faciant
Jussive noun clause
Subject accusative with infinitive construction
Indirect statement
Speramus uxorem iudicis illas duas litteras cras scribere
Indirect statement
A subordinate clause introduced by dummodo meaning “provided that/so long as” and describing an action on which the action in the main clause is contingent
Proviso
Rogaverunt quid Gaius fecisset
Indirect question
flumine transito
Ablative absolute
Cum in urbem illo die venit, te vidit
Cum clause
Cogitem nunc de hac re, et tum non errabo
Jussive
Rogant quid Gaius facturus sit
Indirect question
putavimus sorores tuas litteras scribere
Indirect statement
An independent (main) clause expressing a command or exhortation
Jussive
Orator dixit librum numquam scriptum esse
Indirect statement
Tam multum studebat ut Latinam bene disceret
Result
Hic dixit ut eos iuvaret
Purpose
Discupulus discat aut discedat
Jussive
A subordinate clause explaining the purpose of the action in the main clause, i.e., answering the question “why?”
Purpose
Cum studeat, bene agit
Cum clause
equitibus facile pulsis
Ablative absolute
Rogant quid Gaius faciat
Indirect question
Cum hoc sciret, tamen non potuit eos iuvare
Cum clause
Ne id faciamus
Jussive
Ostendent litteras a serva forte scriptas esse
Indirect statement
Cum hoc sciret, potuit eos iuvare
Cum clause
Hortatus est eos ut hoc facerent
Jussive noun clause