nt. 11. Quem imperator illi legioni praefecit? Publius illi
legioni pracerat. 12. Cum esset Caesar in citeriore Gallia, crebri ad
eum[2] rumores adferebantur litterisque quoque certior fiebat Gallos
obsides inter se dare.
II. 1. The Gauls will make war upon Caesar's allies. 2. We heard that
the Gauls would make war upon Caesar's allies. 3. Publius did not take
part in that battle. 4. We have been informed that Publius did not take
part in that battle. 5. The man who was in command of the cavalry was
wounded and began to retreat. 6. Caesar did not place you in command of
the cohort to bring[3] disaster upon the army.
[Footnote 2: Observe that when /adfero\ denotes _motion to_, it is
not followed by the dative; cf. footnote, p. 182.]
[Footnote 3: Not the infinitive. (Cf. Sec. 352.)]
LESSON LXXIV
VOCABULARY REVIEW : THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN INDIRECT QUESTIONS
_429._ Review the word lists in Secs. 517, 518.
_430._ When we report a statement instead of giving it directly, we
have an indirect statement. (Cf. Sec. 414.) So, if we report a question
instead of asking it directly, we have an indirect question.
DIRECT QUESTION INDIRECT QUESTION
_Who conquered the Gauls? He asked who conquered the Gauls_
_a._ An indirect question depends, usually as object, upon a verb of
asking (as peto, postulo, quaero, rogo) or upon some verb or
expression of saying or mental action. (Cf. Sec. 420.)
_431._ Compare the following direct and indirect questions:
DIRECT INDIRECT
Quis Gallos vincit? { _a._ Rogat quis Gallos vincat
_Who is conquering the_ { _He asks who is conquering the_
_Gauls?_ { _Gauls_
{ _b._ Rogavit quis Gallos vinceret
{ _He asked who was conquering_
{ _the Gauls_
{ _a._ Rogat ubi sit Roma
Ubi est Roma? { _He asks where Rome is_
_Where is Rome?_ { _b._ Rogavit ubi esset Roma
{ _He asked where Rome was_
{ _a._ Rogat num Caesar Gallos vicerit
{ _He asks whether Caesar conquered_
Caesarne Gallos vicit? { _the Gauls_
_Did Caesar conquer the_ { _b._ /Rogavit num Caesar Gallos
_Gauls?_ { vicisset
{ _He aske
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