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THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN INDIRECT QUESTIONS 183

aberat trānsiērunt.

1. Hōs rēx hortātus est ut ōrāculum adīrent et rēs audītās ad sē referrent.
2. Quem imperātor illī legiōnī praefēcit? Pūblius illī legiōnī pracerat.
3. Cum esset Caesar in citeriōre Galliā, crēbrī ad eum^[1] rūmōrēs adferēbantur litterīsque quoque certior fīēbat Gallōs obsidēs inter sē dare.

II.

1. The Gauls will make war upon Cæsar’s allies.
2. We heard that the Gauls would make war upon Cæsar’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. Cæsar did not place you in command of the cohort to bring^[2] disaster upon the army.

LESSON LXXIV

VOCABULARY REVIEW • THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN INDIRECT QUESTIONS

429. Review the word lists in §§ 517, 518.

430. When we report a statement instead of giving it directly, we have an indirect statement. (Cf. § 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 petō, postulō, quaerō, rogō) or upon some verb or expression of saying or mental action. (Cf. § 420.)

431. Compare the following direct and indirect questions:

Direct	Indirect
Quis Gallōs vincit? Who is conquering the Gauls?	a.	Rogat quis Gallōs vincat He asks who is conquering the Gauls
	b.	Rogavit quis Gallōs vinceret He asked who was conquering the Gauls

1. Observe that when adferō denotes motion to, it is not followed by the dative; cf. footnote, p. 182.
2. Not the infinitive. (Cf. § 352.)