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§ 93 conjunctions. 203§ 93. CONJUNCTIONS.241.—A Conjunction is a word which connectswords or sentences ; as, et, ac, atque, " and ;" sed,u but ;" etiam, " also f &c.242.—Conjunctions, according to their different significations,may be divided into the following classes :1. Copulatives, or such as connect things that are to be consideredjointly; as, ac, atque, et, quet " and;" etiam, quoque, " also ;" and sometimesthe negative nee, neque, " nor," " and not ;" i. e. when they stand for et, andcontinue the negation.2. Disjunctives, or such as connect things that are to be consideredseparately ; as, aut, seu, sive, ve, vel, " either," "or;" and the negative neve yneu, " neither," " nor."3. Concessives, or such as- express a concession; as, etsi, etiamsi, tametsi,licet, quanquam, quamvis, " though," " although."4. Adversatives, or such as express a condition ; as, at, atqui, autem,ceterum, verum, "but;" tdmen, attamen, veruntdmen, " yet," " although ;"vero, "truly."5. Causals, or such as express a cause or reason ; as, enim, etenim, nam,,nam que, "for;" qaando, quandoquidem, "whereas," "since;" quia, quippe,quod, " because ;" quoniam, quurn (or cum), " since ;" siquidem, " if," " indeed."6. Illatives, or such as express an inference; as, ergo, idcirco, proinde,qaapropter, qudre, quamobrem, quocirca, " therefore."7. Finals, or such as denote a purpose, object or result; as, ne, "lest;"quhx, " but that ;" quominus, " that not ;" ut, uti, " that."8. Conditionals, or such as express a condition; as, si, sin, "if;" nisi, orni, " unless ;" dummodo, or dum mbdo, " provided that."9. Suspensives, or such as express doubt ; as, an, anne, annon, ne, nccne,num, utrum, " whether," " whether or not."Obs. 1. Some words, as, deinde, " thereafter ;" denique, " finally;" cceterum,"but," "moreover;" videlicet, "to wit;" &c'.) may be considered either asadverbs or conjunctions, according as their modifying or connecting powerprevails.Obs. 2. Aulem, enim, vero, quoque, quidem, are never put first in aclause or sentence. Que, ve, ne, are always annexed to another word.They are called Enclitics, because, when placed after a long syllable, theymake the accent incline to that syllable ; as, disci, trochi ; discive, trochive.Obs. 3. Conjunctions, like adverbs, are variously compounded with otherparts of speech, and with each other ; as, atque, idcirco, ideo, namque, nec^or ntque, cfec.