ut non ejectus ad alienos,
sed invitatus ad tuos videare, that you may
seem not driven out among
strangers, but invited to your own friends.
d. To say ‘and that not’
or ‘or that not,’ the Latin regularly
uses
neve (neu); as,—
ut earum rerum vis minueretur,
neu ponti nocerent, that the violence
of these things might be lessened,
and that they might not harm the
bridge;
profugit, ne caperetur neve
interficeretur, he fled, that he might not
be captured or killed.
e. But neque (for neve) is sometimes
used in a second Purpose Clause when
ut stands in the first, and, after the
Augustan era, even when the first
clause is introduced by ne.
f. Purpose Clauses sometimes stand
in apposition with a preceding noun or
pronoun: as,—
hac causa, ut pacem haberent,
on this account, that they might have
peace.
2. A Relative Pronoun (qui) or Adverb (ubi, unde, quo) is frequently used to introduce a Purpose Clause; as,—
Helvetii legatos mittunt,
qui dicerent, the Helvetii sent envoys to
say (lit. who should
say);
haec habui, de senectute quae
dicerem, I had these things to say about
old age;
non habebant quo se reciperent,
they had no place to which to flee
(lit. whither they might
flee).
a. Qui in such clauses is equivalent
to ut is, ut ego, etc.; ubi to ut
ibi; unde to ut inde; quo to ut eo.
3. Relative Clauses of purpose follow dignus, indignus, and idoneus; as,—
idoneus fuit nemo quem imitarere,
there was no one suitable for you to
imitate (cf. nemo
fuit quem imitarere, there was no one for you to
imitate);
dignus est qui aliquando imperet, he is worthy to rule sometime.
4. Purpose Clauses often depend upon something to be supplied from the context instead of upon the principal verb of their own sentences; as,—
ut haec omnia omittam, abiimus,
to pass over all this, (I will say
that) we departed.
Clauses of Characteristic.
283. 1. A relative clause used to express a quality or characteristic of a general or indefinite antecedent is called a Clause of Characteristic, and usually stands in the Subjunctive; as,—
multa sunt, quae mentem acuant,
there are many things which sharpen
the wits.
Clauses of Characteristic are opposed to those relative clauses which are used merely to state some fact about a definite antecedent, and which therefore take the Indicative; as,—
Cato, senex jucundus, qui
Sapiens appellatus est, Cato, a delightful
old man, who was called ’The
Wise.’