[THE TENSES OF THE SUBJUNCTIVE.]
[1634.] In simple sentences, the tenses of the subjunctive correspond in general to the same tenses of the indicative. But the present has a future meaning; the imperfect sometimes expresses past, sometimes present action; and the perfect sometimes expresses past action, and sometimes future action.
[1635.] The present subjunctive is sometimes used in reference to past action, like the indicative present of vivid narration ([1590]): as, migrantīs cernās, V. 4, 401, you can descry them swarming out ([1556]). comprehendī iussit; quis nōn pertimēscat? V. 5, 14, he ordered them to be arrested; who would not be thoroughly scared? ([1565]). See also [2075].
[THE COMPOUND SENTENCE, OR COORDINATION.]
[1636.] Two or more independent simple sentences may be coordinated to form a compound sentence in one of two ways: either without a connective, or with a connective.
What applies to the coordination of sentences, also applies to the coordination of the parts of sentences in abridged sentences ([1057]).
[(A.) Without a Connective.]
[1637.] When simple sentences or parts of sentences are coordinated without any connective, this mode of arrangement is called Asyndetic Coordination or Asyndeton.
Asyndeton, whether in unabridged or in abridged sentences, is more usual with three or more members than with two. It occurs particularly often in Plautus, Terence, Ennius, and Cato, also in Cicero, especially in his early works and letters.