unde quō vēnī? H. 3, 27, 37, whence whither am I come? quot diēs quam frīgidīs rēbus absūmpsī, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3, how many days have I frittered away in utter vapidities. quantae quotiēns occāsiōnēs quam praeclārae fuērunt, Mil. 38, what great chances there were, time and again, splendid ones too.
[Some Applications of Questions.]
[1531.] A question in the indicative present or future may be used to intimate command or exhortation, deliberation, or appeal: as,
([a.]) abin hinc? T. Eu. 861, will you get out of this? abin an nōn? :: abeō, Pl. Aul. 660, will you begone or not? :: I’ll go. quīn abīs? Pl. MG. 1087, why won’t you begone? or get you gone, begone. nōn tacēs? T. Ph. 987, won’t you just hold your tongue? ecquis currit pollinctōrem arcēssere? Pl. As. 910, won’t some one run to fetch the undertaker man? quīn cōnscendimus equōs? L. 1, 57, 7, why not mount? or to horse, to horse. (b.) quid est, Crasse, īmusne sessum? DO. 3, 17, what say you, Crassus, shall we go and take a seat? quoi dōnō lepidum novum libellum? Cat. 1, 1, unto whom shall I give the neat new booklet? quid agō? adeō, maneō? T. Ph. 736, what shall I do? go up and speak, or wait? (c.) eōn? vocō hūc hominem? :: ī, vocā, Pl. Most. 774, shall I go, and shall I call him here? :: go call him. See also [1623]. Such indicative questions occur particularly in old Latin, in Catullus, in Cicero’s early works and letters, and in Vergil.
[1532.] Some set forms occur repeatedly, especially in questions of curiosity, surprise, incredulity, wrath, or captiousness: as,
sed quid ais? T. Andr. 575, but apropos, or but by the way ([1500]). quid istīc? T. Andr. 572, well, well, have it your way: compare quid istīc verba facimus? Pl. E. 141. ain tū? Br. 152, no, not seriously? itane? T. Eu. 1058, not really? Frequently egone: as, quid nunc facere cōgitās? :: egone? T. Hau. 608, what do you think of doing now? :: what, I? In Plautus, threats are sometimes introduced by scīn quō modō? do you know how? i.e. at your peril.
[1533.] A question is sometimes united with a participle, or an ablative absolute, or thrown into a subordinate sentence: as,
quem frūctum petentēs scīre cupimus illa quō modō moveantur? Fin. 3, 37, with what practical end in view do we seek to know how yon bodies in the sky keep in motion? quā frequentiā prōsequente crēditis nōs illinc profectōs? L. 7, 30, 21, by what multitudes do you think we were seen off when we left that town? ‘hominēs’ inquit ‘ēmistī.’ quid utī faceret? Sest. 84, ‘you bought up men’ says he; with what purpose?