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Imperative
The imperative is the mood of command.
AG 448
- “"Desilite," inquit, "milites, nisi vultis aquilam hostibus prodere."” Caesar, BG 4.25
- “Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque.” Catullus 3.1
- “Pauca nuntiate meae puellae non bona dicta.” Catullus 11.15-16
- “Musa, mihi causas memora.” Virgil, Aen. 1.8
- “Quod cum huius vobis adulescentiam proposueritis, constituitote ante oculos etiam huius miseri senectutem qui hoc unico filio nititur, in huius spe requiescit, huius unius casum pertimescit.” Cicero, Cael. 79
Commands or requests can also be expressed with the subjunctive. Negative
commands often take the subjunctive; positive requests may.
AG 450,
439-440