(_a._) #ac sī tibī̆ nēmō respōnsūrus esset, tamen causam dēmōnstrāre nōn
possēs#, _Caecil._ 43, _and even supposing that nobody were going to
answer you, still you would not be able to make the case good_ (2092).
#plūribus vōs, mīlitēs, hortārer, sī cum armātīs dīmicātiō futūra
esset#, L. 24, 38, 9, _I should exhort you at greater length, my men, if
there was to be a tug with armed men_ (2092). (_b._) #sī domum tuam
expugnātūrus eram, nōn temperāssem vīnō in ūnum diem?# L. 40, 14, 4, _if
I intended to capture your house, should I not have abstained from wine
for a day_ (2092)?