unchanged.
Examples:--
si hoc crederes, errares, dico (dixi), si hoc crederes, te
erraturum esse;
si hoc credidisses, dico (dixi), si hoc credidisses, te
erravisses, erraturum fuisse;
si hoc dixisses, punitus dico (dixi), si hoc dixisses, futurum
esses. fuisse ut punireris.
322. When an apodosis of a conditional sentence of the Third Type referring
to the past is at the same time a Result clause or a quin-clause (after non
dubito, etc.), it stands in the Perfect Subjunctive in the form -urus
fuerim; as,--
ita territi sunt, ut arma tradituri fuerint,[57] nisi Caesar subito
advenisset, _they were so frightened that they would have given up
their arms, had not Caesar suddenly arrived_;
non dubito quin, si hoc dixisses, erraturus fueris,[57] _I do not doubt
that, if you had said this, you would have made a mistake_.
a. This peculiarity is confined to the Active Voice. In the Passive, such
sentences, when they become dependent, remain unchanged; as,--
non dubito quin, si hoc dixisses, vituperatus esses, _I do not doubt
that, if you had said this, you would have been blamed_.
b. When an Indirect Question becomes an apodosis in a conditional
sentence of the Third Type, -urus fuerim (rarely -urus fuissem) is used;
as,--
quaero, num, si hoc dixisses, erraturus fueris (or fuisses).
c. Potui, when it becomes a dependent apodosis in sentences of this Type,
usually changes to the Perfect Subjunctive; as,--
concursu totius civitatis defensi sunt, ut frigidissimos quoque
oratores populi studia excitare potuerint, _they were defended before a
gathering of all the citizens, so that the interest of the people would
have been enough to excite even the most apathetic orators_.
IMPLIED INDIRECT DISCOURSE.
323. The Subjunctive is often used in subordinate clauses whose indirect
character is _merely implied by the context_; as,--
demonstrabantur mihi praeterea, quae Socrates de immortalitate animorum
disseruisset, _there were explained to me besides, the arguments which
Socrates had set forth concerning the immortality of the soul_ (i.e.
the arguments which, it was said, Socrates had set forth);
Paetus omnes libros quos pater suus reliquisset mihi donavit, _Paetus
gave me all the books which (as he said) his fathe
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