non vereor ne hoc non fiat,
I am not afraid that this will not
happen;
vereor ne exercitum firmum
habere non possit, I fear that he is
unable (non possit) to
have a strong army.
C. Substantive Clauses of Result.
297. Substantive Clauses of Result (introduced by ut, ut non) are a development of pure Result clauses, and occur with the following classes of words:—
1. As object clauses after verbs of doing, accomplishing (especially facio, efficio, conficio). Thus:—
gravitas morbi facit ut medicina
egeamus, the severity of disease
makes us need medicine.
2. As the subject of several impersonal verbs, particularly fit, efficitur, accidit, evenit, contingit, accedit, fieri potest, fore, sequitur, relinquitur. Thus:—
ex quo efficitur, ut voluptas
non sit summum bonum, from which it
follows that pleasure is not
the greatest good;
ita fit, ut nemo esse possit
beatus, thus it happens that no one can
be happy;
accedebat ut naves deessent,
another thing was the lack of ships
(lit. it was added that
ships were lacking).
3. As predicate or appositive after expressions like jus est, mos est, consuetudo est; also after neuter pronouns, hoc, illud, etc. Thus:—
est mos hominum ut nolint
eundem pluribus rebus excellere, it is the
way of men not to wish the
same person to excel in many things.
D. Substantive Clauses introduced by Quin.
298. Substantive Clauses introduced by quin (used sometimes as subject, sometimes as object) occur after negative and interrogative expressions of doubt, omission, and the like, particularly after non dubito, I do not doubt; quis dubitat, who doubts?; non (haud) dubium est, there is no doubt. The mood is the Subjunctive. Examples:—
quis dubitat quin in virtute
divitiae sint, who doubts that in virtue
there are riches?
non dubium erat quin venturus
esset, there was no doubt that he was
about to come.
a. In Nepos, Livy, and post-Augustan
writers an Infinitive sometimes
takes the place of the quin-clause after
non dubito; as,—
non dubitamus inventos esse, we do not doubt that men were found
b. Non dubito, I do not hesitate,
is regularly followed by the
Infinitive, though sometimes by a quin-clause.
E. Substantive Clauses Introduced by Quod.
299. 1. Quod, the fact that, that, introduces Substantive Clauses in the Indicative. This construction occurs especially—
a) In apposition with a preceding demonstrative,
as hoc, id, illud, illa,
ex eo, inde, etc. Thus:—