2307. A verb is sometimes used to denote permitted action. This is
called the _Permissive Use_ of the verb: as,
#Verrēsne habēbit domī suae candēlābrum Iovis?# _V._ 4, 71, _shall
Verres be allowed to have at his house a candelabra of Jupiter?_ #petit
ut ipse dē eō statuat#, 1, 19, 5, _he asks to be allowed to sit in
judgement himself on the man_. #Pīsō ōrāvit ut manēret#, Ta. 2, 81,
_Piso asked to be allowed to stay_.
(B.) INDIRECT DISCOURSE.
(#Ōrātiō Oblīqua.#)
2308. The speech or thought of another, quoted in his own words, is
called _Direct Discourse_ (1723).
2309. The speech or thought of another, dependent on a verb of saying or
thinking, is called _Indirect Discourse_ (1723).
One may, of course, quote his own words or thoughts indirectly, as well
as those of another (1726).
2310. The verb of thinking or saying is often not distinctly expressed,
but only implied in the context (1725).
2311. The principles which govern the change of direct discourse into
indirect discourse have been already set forth in the foregoing pages;
but, for the convenience of the learner, they are here put together.