All Statements of the Direct Discourse, on passing into the Indirect,
fall into the infinitive mood, because they become objects of verbs of
saying:
adfîrmâns #vîsum# (sc. #esse#) â sê Rômulum . . eundemque
#praecipere#, II, 51 (direct form, #vîsus est# â mê Rômulus . .
îdemque #praecipit#); prôclâmâbat fîliam suam iûre #caesam esse#,
IV, 43 (direct form, fîlia mea iûre #caesa est#); minâtur sê vî
#abstrâctûrum#, XII, 12 (direct form (ego) vî tê #abstraham#).