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§142-3 SYNTAX.—MOODS. 275.its pacts, for the purpose of expressing, not what the writer assertiIf, but what is alleged by others ; as, Socrates accusatus est quod corrumperetjuveututem, "Socrates was accused, because (as^vas alleged) liecorrupted the youth." The indicative here would asseit, on the part ofthe writer, that Socrates did corrupt the youth.Note.—The verbs puto, dico, arbitror. and the like, are sometimes used,especially by Cicero, in the subjunctive, with the verb following in the. . audisse dicereut, Sall., forging stories which,infinitive, when properly they should be in the indicative, (meaning, ''asthey said, thought, etc.") and the verb, in the clauses dependent on them,in the* subjunctive ; as, Rediit paulo post, quod se oblltum nescio quiddiceret, Cic., " He (Hannibal) returned soon after, because, as he said, hehad forgotten something ;"' for quod, ut dicebat,"Byoblitus esset nescio quid.Ementiundo qucv se .us they said, they haul heard ;" for quae, ut dicebant, audivisseut.656.— Obs. 8. When an infinitive or subjunctive mood hasa clause connected with it by a relative or other connectingword, for the purpose of restricting the predicate, otherwiseindefinite, the verb of the latter clause is put in the subjunctivemood ;as,Quid enim potest esse tarn perspicuum, quam esse alxquod nximen quohcec r eg antur, " For what can be so clear, as that there is some divinityby whom these things are governed ?"657—§ 142. CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPERATIVE.1. The Imperative mood is used to command, exhort,