1817. (1.) Relative sentences of purpose are equivalent to subjunctive
sentences introduced by #ut#, _in order that_, _to_ (1947): as,
#ea quī cōnficeret, C. Trebōnium relinquit#, 7, 11, 3, _he left
Trebonius to manage this_. #quālis esset nātūra montis, quī
cōgnōscerent, mīsit#, 1, 21, 1, _he sent some scouts to ascertain what
the character of the mountain was_. #haec habuī dē amīcitiā quae
dīcerem#, _L._ 104, _this was what I had to say of friendship_.
Sentences of purpose are an extension of the subjunctive of desire
(1540).