for the ships
to assemble_;

dum litterae veniant, morabor, _I shall wait for the letter to come_.

Substantive Clauses.

294. A Substantive Clause is one which as a whole serves as the Subject or
Object of a verb, or stands in some other case relation.

A. Substantive Clauses developed from the Volitive.

295. Substantive Clauses Developed from the Volitive are used with the
following classes of verbs:--

1. With verbs signifying _to admonish_, _request_, _command_, _urge_,
_persuade_, _induce_,[51] etc. (conjunctions ut, ne, or ut ne); as,--

postulo ut fiat, _I demand that it be done_ (dependent form of the
Jussive fiat, _let it be done!_);

orat, ne abeas, _he begs that you will not go away_;

milites cohortatus est ut hostium impetum sustinerent, _he exhorted his
soldiers to withstand the attack of the enemy_;

Helvetiis persuasit ut exirent, _he persuaded the Helvetii to march
forth_.

a. Jubeo, _command_, _order_, regularly takes the Infinitive.

2. With verbs signifying _to grant_, _concede_, _permit_, _allow_,[52] etc.
(conjunction ut); as,--

huic concedo ut ea praetereat, _I allow him to pass that by_ (dependent
form of the Jussive ea praetereat, _let him pass that by!_);

consuli permissum est ut duas legiones scriberet, _the consul was
permitted to enroll two legions_.

3. With verbs of _hindering_, _preventing_,[53] etc. (conjunctions ne,
quominus, quin); as,--

ne lustrum perficeret, mors prohibuit, _death prevented him from
finishing the lustrum_ (dependent form after past tense of ne lustrum
perficiat, _let him not finish_, etc.);

prohibuit quominus in unum coirent, _he prevented them from coming
together_;

nec quin erumperet, prohiberi poterat, _nor could he be prevented from
rushing forth_.

a. Quin is used only when the verb of _hindering_ is accompanied by a
negative, or stands in a question implying a negative; it is not
_necessarily_ used even then.

4. With verbs of _deciding_, _resolving_,[54] etc. (conjunctions ut, ne, or
ut ne); as,--

constitueram ut pridie Idus Aquini manerem, _I had decided to remain at
Aquinum on the 12th_;

decrevit senatus ut Opimius videret, _the Senate decreed that Opimius
should see to it_;

convenit ut unis castris miscerentur, _it was agreed that they should
be united in one camp_.

5. With verbs of _striving_,[55] etc. (