b) An act anticipated and forestalled; as,—
priusquam tēlum adicī posset, omnis aciēs terga vertit, before a spear could be hurled, the whole army fled.
c) An act anticipated and deprecated; as,—
animum omittunt priusquam locō dēmigrent, they die rather than quit their post.
2. After historical tenses the Imperfect Subjunctive is used, especially by some writers, where the notion of anticipation has practically vanished; as,—
sōl antequam sē abderet fugientem vīdit Antōnium, the sun before it set saw Antony fleeing.
Clauses introduced by Dum, Dōnec, Quoad.
[293]. 1. Dum, while, regularly takes the Indicative of the Historical Present; as,—
Alexander, dum inter prīmōrēs pugnat, sagittā ictus est, Alexander, while he was fighting in the van, was struck by an arrow;
dum haec geruntur, in fīnēs Venellōrum pervēnit, while these things were being done, he arrived in the territory of the Venelli.
II. Dum, dōnec, and quoad, as long as, take the Indicative; as,—