| Active | cōnficiō, cōnficere, cōnfēcī, cōnfectus |
| Passive | cōnficior, cōnficī, cōnfectus sum |
[384.] Observe the following sentences:
1. Terror erat tantus ut omnēs fugerent, the terror was so great that all fled.
2. Terror erat tantus ut nōn facile mīlitēs sēsē reciperent, the terror was so great that the soldiers did not easily recover themselves.
3. Terror fēcit ut omnēs fugerent, terror caused all to flee (lit. made that all fled).
a. Each of these sentences is complex, containing a principal clause and a subordinate clause.
b. The principal clause names a cause and the subordinate clause states the consequence or result of this cause.
c. The subordinate clause has its verb in the subjunctive, though it is translated like an indicative. The construction is called the subjunctive of consequence or result, and the clause is called a consecutive or result clause.
d. In the last example the clause of result is the object of the verb fēcit.
e. The conjunction introducing the consecutive or result clause is ut = so that; negative, ut nōn = so that not.