This combination is used chiefly of contemporaneous action (1732), in
general conditional periods: as, #sī quod erat grande vās, laetī
adferēbant#, _V._ 4, 47, _if any good-sized vase was ever found, they
would always bring it to him in high glee_. #atque ea sī erant, magnam
habēbās dīs grātiam#, Pl. _As._ 143, _and if them you ever had, you were
monstrous grateful to the gods_. #sī quae rēs erat maior, populus
commovēbātur#, _Sest._ 105, _if a thing of more than ordinary importance
occurred, the populace was always aroused_. #hī, sī quid erat dūrius,
concurrēbant#, 1, 48, 6, _whenever there was any pretty sharp work,
these men would always fall to_. For the subjunctive in such protases,
see 2071.