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3.7. quae pertinerent: dependent clause in indir. disc. (§ 592. 3 (341. d); B. 323; G. 628; H. 649. i (528. 1); H-B. 535. 1 and a) The mood shows that its clause expresses not the writer's statement, but that of the speaker or actor or some other person concerned. Always bear in mind that Caesar uses the subjunctive to express something different from the indicative, whether you can find the technical rule for it or not. — comparareconfirmare: these infinitives correspond exactly with our idiom to prepare, etc., but the same meaning is oftener expressed by a subjunctive clause with ut§ 457 (271. a); B. 328. 1; G. 423; H. 607. 1 (533. i. 1); H-B. 586. e).


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