(2) DISJUNCTIVE conjunctions join together the sentence but they
_disjoin_ or separate from each other the thoughts conveyed.
aut ... aut, vĕl ... vĕl (vĕ) ... _either ... or_.
sĭve (seu) ... seu ... _whether ... or_.
nĕc (nĕque) ... nec (neque) ... _neither ... nor_.
_+aut+ vincemus +aut+ moriemur._
We will +either+ conquer +or+ die.
(3) ADVERSATIVE conjunctions _oppose_ two statements to each other.
sĕd, vērum, vērō, cētĕrum ... _but_.
autem, tămen ... _however_.
ăt ... _but_, _on the other hand_.
_Ille quidem tardior: tu +autem+ ingeniosus,
+sed+ in omni vita inconstans._
He is a little dull: +while+ you are clever,
+but+ unstable in all your actions.
(4) INFERENTIAL.--The statement of one sentence _brings in_ (+infert+)
or proves the other.
Ergo, ĭgĭtur, ĭtăque ... _therefore_, _accordingly_.
‘_Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem:
+Ergo+ postque magisque viri nunc gloria claret_.’
ENNIUS.
(5) CAUSAL.
nam, namque, ĕnim, ĕtĕnim ... _for_.
quāpropter, quārē, quămobrem ... _wherefore_.
Ex.: ‘_+quamobrem+, Quirites, celebratote illos dies cum coniugibus
ac liberis vestris: +nam+ multi saepe honores dis immortalibus iusti
habiti sunt, sed profecto iustiores nunquam._’
+II. SUBORDINATE.+--These conjunctions attach to a sentence or clause
another clause which holds (grammatically) a lower or _subordinate_
position, qualifying the principal clause just as an adverb qualifies a
verb.
Thus in ‘I will do this, _if_ you do,’ the _if_ clause is equivalent to
the adverb _conditionally_.
They are generally divided into EIGHT classes:--
(1) FINAL introduce a clause expressing a _purpose_.
ŭt, quō ... _that_, _in order to_.
nē, quōmĭnus ... _that not_, _lest_.
qui ... _who_ (= ut is ...).
_Edo +ut+ vivam._
_+Ne+ ignavum te putemus, fortiter pugna._
_Pauci mihi sunt +quos+ mittam._
(2) CONSECUTIVE introduce a clause expressing a _consequence_ or
_result_.
ŭt ... _so that_, _so as to_.
ŭt nōn, quīn ... _so as not to_.
qui ... _who (of such a kind as to...)_.
Ex.: _Tam fortis adest nemo ut solus muros ascendat._
_Tam fortis est +ut+ hostes +non+ timeat._
_Dignus erat +qui+ rex fieret._
(3) TEMPORAL.
cum, quandō ... _when_.
ŭbī̆, ŭt ... _when_, _as_.
sĭmŭl, sĭmŭl atque (ac) ... _as soon as_.
postquam ... _after that_.
dum, dōnec, quŏad ... _until_, _as long as_, _while_.
prĭus ... quam, antĕ ... quam ... _before that_.
_Discedere +prius+ noluit +quam+ ducem vidisset._
_Pompeius +ut+ equitatum suum pulsum vidit, acie excessit._
(4) CONDITIONAL.
sī, nĭsī̆ (nī), si non, quod sī ... _if_, _unless_, _if not_,
_but if_.
mŏdŏ, dummŏdo, si mŏdo ... _if only_, _provided that_.
dummŏdo nē (dum nē, mŏdo nē) ... _provided only not_.
_Ne promiseris unquam +nisi+ fidem praestare potes._
_Never promise +if+ you cannot keep your word._
(5) COMPARATIVE AND PROPORTIONAL.
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