1731. The subjunctive of wish, of action conceivable, or of
interrogation, is sometimes used in a subordinate sentence exactly as in
main sentences: as,
#haec diē nātālī meō scrīpsī, quō utinam susceptus nōn essem#, _Att._
11, 9, 3, _this I have written on my birthday, on which day I wish I had
never been lifted from the ground_ (1544). #ut videās#, Lucr. 3, 348,
_so that you can see_ (1556). #neque id faciō, ut forsitan quibusdam
videar, simulātiōne#, _Fam._ 1, 8, 2, _nor do I do it, as perhaps I may
seem to some to do, from hypocrisy_ (1556). #etiamst paucīs vōs quod
monitōs voluerim#, Pl. _Cap._ 53, _there’s one point more, on which I’d
have you briefly warned_ (1558). #erant eiusmodī sitūs oppidōrum, ut
neque pedibus aditum habērent neque nāvibus, quod minuente aestū nāvēs
in vadīs adflīctārentur#, 3, 12, 1, _the towns were so situated that
there was no access to them by land, nor by boat either, because at ebb
tide vessels would pound on the shoals_ (1559). #vix erat hoc imperātum,
cum illum spoliātum vidērēs#, _V._ 4, 86, _hardly was the order from his
lips, when you might have seen the man stript_ (1559). #quō mē vertam
nesciō#, _Clu._ 4, _I don’t know which way to turn_ (1563).
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