sī nequeō facere ut abeās, egomet abierō, Pl. Poen. 442, if I can’t make you go, I’ll instantly begone myself ([1629]). sī id nōn facis, ego quod mē in tē sit facere dignum invēnerō, T. Hau. 107, if you don’t do it, I will have a proper course devised to use with you.

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(g.) Apodosis in the Imperative.

dā mihī̆ hoc, mel meum, sī mē amās, Pl. Tri. 244, give me this, honey mine, an thou lov’st me. redargue mē, sī mentior, Clu. 62, refute me, if I am not speaking the truth. dēsilīte, mīlitēs, nisi vultis aquilam hostibus prōdere, 4, 25, 3, jump overboard, men, unless you choose to abandon your eagle to the enemy. nī iūdicātum facit, sēcum dūcitō, vincitō compedibus, Twelve Tables in Gell. 20, 1, 45, unless he satisfies the judgement, the complainant shall take him with him, and put him in gyves ([1593], [1575]). quā rē, sī haec ita sunt, sīc mē colitōte ut deum, CM. 81, therefore, if this is so, you are to honour me as a god.

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(h.) Apodosis in the Present Subjunctive.

sī quid habēs certius, velim scīre, Att. 4, 10, 1, if you have anything more definite, I should like to know ([1554]). sīn aliter animātus es, bene, quod agās, ēveniat tibī̆, Pl. Tri. 715, but if you’re minded otherwise, may all you do betide you well ([1540]). quod sī nōn possumus facere, moriāmur, Ph. 7, 14, if we cannot do it, let us die ([1547]). sī mihī̆ fīlius genitur, isque prius moritur, et cētera, tum mihī̆ ille sit hērēs, DO. 2, 141, if a son is born to me, and the boy dies before &c., &c., then so and so is to be my heir ([1593], [1548]). sī est spēs nostrī reditūs, eam cōnfirmēs, Fam. 14, 4, 3, if there is a hope of my coming back, strengthen that hope ([1550]). eum sī reddis mihi, praetereā ūnum nummum nē duīs, Pl. Cap. 331, if you restore my boy to me, you needn’t give one penny more ([1551]). sī hīc pernoctō, causae quid dīcam? T. Ad. 531, if I sleep here, what reason can I give ([1563])?

[(2.) Protasis in the Perfect.]

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