[2307.] A verb is sometimes used to denote permitted action. This is called the Permissive Use of the verb: as,
Verrēsne habēbit domī suae candēlābrum Iovis? V. 4, 71, shall Verres be allowed to have at his house a candelabra of Jupiter? petit ut ipse dē eō statuat, 1, 19, 5, he asks to be allowed to sit in judgement himself on the man. Pīsō ōrāvit ut manēret, Ta. 2, 81, Piso asked to be allowed to stay.
[(B.) INDIRECT DISCOURSE.]
(Ōrātiō Oblīqua.)
[2308.] The speech or thought of another, quoted in his own words, is called Direct Discourse ([1723]).
[2309.] The speech or thought of another, dependent on a verb of saying or thinking, is called Indirect Discourse ([1723]).
One may, of course, quote his own words or thoughts indirectly, as well as those of another ([1726]).
[2310.] The verb of thinking or saying is often not distinctly expressed, but only implied in the context ([1725]).
[2311.] The principles which govern the change of direct discourse into indirect discourse have been already set forth in the foregoing pages; but, for the convenience of the learner, they are here put together.