ōrātŏr prōdest, ăt plūs impĕrātŏr an orator is of great service, but a general of more.
{c) Weak opposition or simple difference is marked by *autem[1]: māgnēs ferrum ăd sē trăhĭt, rătĭōnem autem adferrĕ nōn possŭmŭs the magnet draws iron to itself but we cannot assign a reason.
*vērō[1] (lit. in truth) is similar to autem, but emphasises the previous word.
atquī but still, is chiefly used in argument,
ast but is poetical.
Other Adversative Conjunctions are tămĕn yet, with at tămĕn, sed tămĕn, vērum tămĕn but yet.
Note that some Conjunctions, which are generally Subordinate, are sometimes used like the above. So quam-quam, etsī, like Eng. though in the sense of and yet. quamquam, etsī, and quamvĭs are also used with single words: perfĭdă, sed quamvīs perfĭdă, cāră tămen untrue, but though untrue, beloved still.
§ 353. Negative Conjunctions.—These are nĕquĕ or nĕc, and neve or neu. For their use see § 209.
Sometimes a Positive expression is joined to a Negative one. In this case English generally uses an Adversative Conjunction, but Latin a Copulative one: nĕc crīmĭnă, prŏbăt ĕt iūdĭcēs īnsectătŭr he does not establish the charges, but attacks the judges.
§ 354. The Adverb quīn.—The quīn in Principal sentences properly means how not? and is used in
(1) Urgent Commands or Exhortations with the Indicative[2]: quin is? why don't you go? quīn ĕquōs cōnscendĭmus come, let us mount our horses.
(2) Startling or Emphatic Statements, Eng. why, nay: nōn iam hortōr tē ut dŏmum rĕdeās; quīn hinc ipse ēvŏlācre cŭpiō I no longer urge you to return home , why, I am eager to fly hence myself!
This quīn is compounded of quī how? (as in quī fit how does it happen?) and nĕ not (as in nĕ-quĕ), and is different from the quīn used in Dependent Sentences.
