Imperative Sentences.
[316]. All Imperatives or Jussive Subjunctives of the Direct Discourse appear as Subjunctives in the Indirect; as,—
mīlitēs certiōrēs fēcit paulisper intermitterent proelium, he told the soldiers to stop the battle for a little. (Direct: intermittite.)
a. The negative in such sentences is nē; as,—
nē suae virtūtī tribueret, let him not attribute it to his own valor!
TENSES IN INDIRECT DISCOURSE.
A. Tenses of the Infinitive.
[317]. These are used in accordance with the regular principles for the use of the Infinitive as given in [§ 270].
a. The Perfect Infinitive may represent any past tense of the Indicative of Direct Discourse. Thus:—
sciō tē haec ēgisse may mean—
I know you were doing this.(Direct: haec agēbās.)
I know you did this. (Direct: haec ēgistī.)
I know you had done this. (Direct: haec ēgerās.)