2216. The infinitive alone, or the accusative with the infinitive, is
sometimes used in exclamations of surprise, incredulity, disapproval, or
lamentation: as,
#nōn pudēre#, T. _Ph._ 233, _not be ashamed_. #sedēre tōtōs diēs in
vīllā#, _Att._ 12, 44, 2, _sitting round whole days and days at the
country place_. #at tē Rōmae nōn fore#, _Att._ 5, 20, 7, _only to think
you won’t be in Rome_. #hoc posterīs memoriae trāditum īrī#, L. 3, 67,
1, _to think this will be passed down to generations yet unborn_. Often
with a #-ne#, transferred from the unexpressed verb on which the
infinitive depends (1503): as, #tēne hoc, Accī, dīcere, tālī prūdentiā
praeditum#, _Clu._ 84, _what? you to say this, Accius, with your sound
sense_. The exclamatory infinitive is chiefly confined to Plautus,
Terence, and Cicero.