| Quŏd nī ĭ tă sŏt, quĭd vĕnĕrāmur deŏs? | If this were not so—why do we worship the gods? (i.e. we should not worship them as we do), | |
| Sī frāctŭs illăbŭtur orbĭs, impvăvĭdum fŭrĭent ruīnae | If the shattered world fell upon him, its ruins will strike an undaunted man (would certainly do so). | |
| Praeclārē vīcĕamŭs, nĭsĭ fŭgĭentem Lĕpĭdŭs rĕcēpissĕt Antōnium. | We had gained a glorious victory, but for Lepidus having received Antonius when he fled. | |
| Mĕmĭnī nŭmĕrōs si verbă tĕnērem. | I remember the tune (that is, I could sing the song) if I knew the words. |
(b) In old and poetical Latin the Primary tenses of the Subjunctive are frequently used (instead of Secondary) to denote Imaginary Suppositions relating to the Present: tū sī hīc sīs, ălĭtĕr sentĭās if you were here, you would think otherwise.
(c) Poets use them for greater vividness, even of Imaginary Sup-
positions relating to the Past: spătia et sī plŭra sŭpersint, trānseăt and if more ground had remained, he would have passed him.
§ 419. Commands and Wishes are sometimes coupled with conditions. The form of the Protasis depends on the sense.
| Risĕrĭt (Fut. Perf ), adrīdē | If she smiles, smile too. |
| Pĕrĕam sī nōn piscem pŭtāvī | Hang me if I did not think a fish! |
§420.Substitutes for Pluperfect Subjunctive in Dependent Sentences.—The Pluperfect Subjunctive of Imaginary Suppositions (§ § 242, 243) is rarely used in those Dependent Sentences which of themselves require the Subjunctive. After (1) Consecutive ŭt, (2) haud dŭbĭum est quīn, etc., and (3) in Indirect Questions, its place is taken by one of the substitutes mentioned in §417(c), which is then put into the Subjunctive in accordance with the requirements of the Dependent Sentence.
The Tense used is the Perfect Subjunctive, whatever the tense of the Verb in the Principal Sentence.
(A) In the Active the Future Participle with fŭĕrim is used, (B) In the Passive pŏtŭĕrim with the Infinitive is used, or fŭĕrim with the Gerund or Gerundive.
(a) Adĕō părātă ăpŭd mălōs sēdĭtĭoŭt rĕdeuntem ā cēnā Othōnem raptūrī fŭĕrint so ripe (was) an outbreak amongst the disloyal that they would have caught up Otho when returning from dinner; sī ĭd făcĕrĕ vŏlŭissĕs, nōn dŭbĭto quīn omnĭs ăd tē conversūră fŭerĭt multĭtūdō if you had been
