#sed in aedibus quid tibi meīs nam erat negōtī mē absente, nisi ego
iusseram?# Pl. _Aul._ 427, _but what business had you in my house in my
absence, unless I had ordered?_ #sī nihil in istā pugnā Rōsciī fēcerant,
quam ob causam tantīs praemiīs dōnābantur?# _RA._ 108, _if the Rosciuses
had not done service in that fight, why were they presented with such
rewards?_ Often of antecedent action, in general conditional periods:
as, #sī quicquam caelātī adspexerat, manūs abstinēre, iūdicēs, nōn
poterat#, _V._ 4, 48, _if he ever caught sight of a bit of chased work,
why, gentlemen, he never could keep his hands off_. #stomachābātur
senex, sī quid asperius dīxeram#, _DN._ 1, 93, _the old gentleman was
always nettled, if I said anything harsh_. #ac seu longum post tempus
vēnerat hospes, sīve convīva per imbrem vīcīnus, bene erat nōn piscibus
urbe petītīs#, H. _S._ 2, 2, 118, _and if a friend dropped in, after an
absence long, or neighbour, come to take pot-luck upon a rainy day, we
feasted not on fish brought out from town_. For the subjunctive in such
protases, see 2071.