1970. The subjunctive is used with #ut# or #ut nōn# to denote result.
The result may be the result of an action or of a thing named in the
main sentence. The main sentence often has a correlative to #ut#,
expressing (_a._) degree: as, #tantus#, _so great_, #tam#, _so_ (with
adjectives or adverbs), #adeō#, #tantopere#. (_b._) quality: as, #is#
(#hīc#, #ille#, #iste#), _such_, #tālis#, #ita#, #sīc#.
#mōns altissimus impendēbat, ut facile perpaucī prohibēre possent#, 1,
6, 1, _an exceeding high mountain hung over, so that a very few could
block the way_. #dictitābant sē domō expulsōs, omnibus necessāriīs egēre
rēbus, ut honestā praescrīptiōne rem turpissimam tegerent#, Caes. _C._
3, 32, 4, _they stoutly declared that they were driven out of house and
home, and lacked the necessaries of life, thus veiling dishonour under
the name of respectability_.
(_a._) #Ariovistus tantōs sibī̆ spīritūs sūmpserat, ut ferendus nōn
vidērētur#, 1, 33, 5, _Ariovistus had put on such high and mighty airs
as to seem intolerable_. #adeō angustō marī cōnflīxit, ut eius multitūdō
nāvium explicārī nōn potuerit#, N. 2, 4, 5, _he went into action in such
cramped sea-room, that his armada could not deploy_, of Xerxes (1757).
(_b._) #eōs dēdūxī testēs ut dē istīus factō dubium esse nēminī possit#,
_V._ 4, 91, _I have brought such witnesses that nobody can entertain a
doubt of the defendant’s guilt_. #ita sē recipiēbat ut nihil nisi dē
perniciē populī Rōmānī cōgitāret#, _Ph._ 4, 4, _he retreated, it is
true, but retreated with his mind running on nothing but how to ruin the
country_. #illa, ex tūribulīs quae ēvellerat, ita scītē in aureīs
pōculīs inligābat, ut ea ad illam rem nāta esse dīcerēs#, _V._ 4, 54,
_what he had torn from the censers he attached to golden cups so
cunningly that you would have said it was just made for that very
purpose_ (1731, 1559).
For the imperfect subjunctive connected with a main general present, see
1751; for the independent present or perfect subjunctive with a main
secondary tense, see 1757.
#ubī̆.#
1971. #ubī̆#, in the sense of _where_ (709), has the ordinary
construction of a relative (1812-1831). For #ubī̆#, _when_, see
1923-1926 and 1932-1934; as a synonym of #sī#, _if_, see 2110.
#quō# or #quī#.
1972. #quō#, #whereby#, #wherewith#, or in old Latin sometimes #quī#
(689), is the instrumental ablative from the relative and interrogative
stem #qui-#. Combined with #minus#, _the less_, _not_, #quō# gives
#quōminus#.