A. Substantive Clauses developed from the Volitive.
[295]. Substantive Clauses Developed from the Volitive are used with the following classes of verbs:—
1. With verbs signifying to admonish, request, command, urge, persuade, induce,[[51]] etc. (conjunctions ut, nē, or ut nē); as,—
postulō ut fīat, I demand that it be done (dependent form of the Jussive fīat, let it be done!);
ōrat, nē abeās, he begs that you will not go away;
mīlitēs cohortātus est ut hostium impetum sustinērent, he exhorted his soldiers to withstand the attack of the enemy;
Helvētiīs persuāsit ut exīrent, he persuaded the Helvetii to march forth.
a. Jubeō, command, order, regularly takes the Infinitive.
2. With verbs signifying to grant, concede, permit, allow,[[52]] etc. (conjunction ut); as,—
huic concēdō ut ea praetereat, I allow him to pass that by (dependent form of the Jussive ea praetereat, let him pass that by!);
cōnsulī permissum est ut duās legiōnēs scrīberet, the consul was permitted to enroll two legions.
3. With verbs of hindering, preventing,[[53]] etc. (conjunctions nē, quōminus, quīn); as,—
nē lūstrum perficeret, mors prohibuit, death prevented him from finishing the lustrum (dependent form after past tense of nē lūstrum perficiat, let him not finish, etc.);
prohibuit quōminus in ūnum coīrent, he prevented them from coming together;
nec quīn ērumperet, prohibērī poterat, nor could he be prevented from rushing forth.
a. Quīn is used only when the verb of hindering is accompanied by a negative, or stands in a question implying a negative; it is not necessarily used even then.