a) The different members of a series may follow one another without connectives (Asyndeton; see [§ 346]). Thus:—
ex cupiditātibus odia, discidia, discordiae, sēditiōnēs, bella nāscuntur, from covetous desires spring up hatred, dissension, discord, sedition, wars.
b) The different members may severally be connected by et (Polysyndeton). Thus:—
hōrae cēdunt et diēs et mēnsēs et annī, hours and days and months and years pass away.
c) The connective may be omitted between the former members, while the last two are connected by -que (rarely et); as,—
Caesar in Carnutēs, Andēs Turonēsque legiōnēs dēdūcit, Caesar leads his legions into the territory of the Carnutes, Andes, and Turones.
[342]. Disjunctive Conjunctions indicate an alternative.
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a) aut must be used when the alternatives are mutually exclusive; as,—
cita mors venit aut victōria laeta, (either) swift death or glad victory comes.