#sī hominēs ratiōnem ā dīs datam in fraudem convertunt, nōn darī illam
quam darī hūmānō generī melius fuit#, _DN._ 3, 78, _if men apply reason,
the gift of the gods, to purposes of mischief, it would have been better
it should not be given to the human race than given_ (1495). The perfect
of the apodosis is ordinarily used of future time (1612): as, #occidī,
sī tū vēra memorās#, Pl. _Most._ 369, _I’m a dead man, if what you say
is true_. #nunc sī indicium faciō, interiī; sī taceō, interiī tamen#,
Pl. _MG._ 306, _now if I tell, I’m dead and gone; if I keep dark, I’m
dead and gone the same_. #nī illōs hominēs expellō, ego occidī
plānissumē#, Pl. _St._ 401, _if I don’t drive those people off, all’s up
with me_. #nam sī argentum prius adfert, continuō nōs ambō exclūsī
sumus#, Pl. _As._ 360, _for if he brings the money first, then we’re at
once left out in the cold_.