2084. (_a._) #Apodosis in the Present Subjunctive.#

#dēbeam, crēdō, istī quicquam furciferō, sī id fēcerim#, T. _Eu._ 861,

_I should be, forsooth, responsible to the rogue, if I should do it_

(1556). #sī dē caelō vīlla tācta siet, dē eā rē verba utī fīant#, Cato,

_RR._ 14, 3, _if the villa be struck by lightning, let there be

utterances about the case_ (1547). #sī ā corōnā relictus sim, nōn queam

dīcere#, _Br._ 192, _if I should ever be abandoned by my audience,

I should not be able to speak_. #id sī acciderit, sīmus armātī#, _TD._

1, 78, _if this have happened, let us be on our guard_ (1548). #cūr ego

simulem mē, sī quid in hīs studiīs operae posuerim, perdidisse?# _Par._

33, _why should I have the affectation to say that if I have spent any

time in these pursuits, I have thrown it away_ (1563)? See also 2090.

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