#sī quis oriente canīculā nātus est, is in marī nōn moriētur#, _if
anybody is born when the dogstar is rising, he will never die at sea_
(general): #sī Fabius oriente canīculā nātus est, Fabius in marī nōn
moriētur#, _Fat._ 12, _if Fabius was born when the dogstar was rising,
Fabius will not die at sea_ (particular). #sī parum intellēxtī, dīcam
dēnuō#, Pl. _R._ 1103, _if you don’t understand, I’ll say again_. #nōn
ūtar eā cōnsuētūdine, sī quid est factum clēmenter, ut dissolūtē factum
crīminer#, _V._ 5, 19, _I will not avail myself of the common practice,
and if a thing has been done in a spirit of mercy, charge that it was
done in a lax way_. #nisi iam factum aliquid est per Flaccum, fīet ā
mē#, _Fam._ 3, 11, 3, _unless something or other has been done already
through Flaccus, it will be done by me_.