Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

SECOND LATIN
Mox veniant. May they come soon.
N e Inceret sol. I wish that the sun were not shining.
Emisset septem. I wish he had bought seven.
b) The particle ntinam usually introduces the imperfect and pluperfect.
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Utinam ne nefas esset! Would that it were not unlawful!
Utinam mihi promptins scripsisset! Would that he had written to me
sooner!
c) The present and imperfect subj unctives of velIe, nolle, and malle
are often equivalent to an optative subjunctive~
Velim sicce id excipias. I should like you to receive it thus.
Nollem nobis consilium talem dedisset! Would that he had not given
us such advice!
Mellem manus suas abluissent. I had rat/ler that they had u'ashed
their hands.
EXERCISES
I. Utinam eis lucrum aeque ac consilium bonum daret! 2. Regis
subditi ei semper oboediant et numquam officiorum apud Deum
regnumque obliviscantur. 3. Utinam presbyter juvenis quinquennium
apud Romanos transigere potuisset! 4. Velim hae res haud minus ac
promissae fiant. s. Nobis loquebatur quatuor horas circa experientias
in terris remotis periculosisque, quae apparerent ultra fidem. 6. Utinam
pollerent ut providerent quod indigeamus adversum calamitatum
diem, qui certe adveniet. 7. Episcopi visitatio ante bellum acciderat,
et in occasione ilIa ante ecclesiam cathedralem stiterat ad populum
benedicendum. 8. Utinam adolescentes temporum nostrorum ne
sermane, actibus, moribus vestibusque tam ultra modum essent.
9. Strepitus horrendus circum habitaculum fuit, velut si multi lapides
praemagni de caelis caderent. 10. Vellem erga te egisset, ut ita nuncce
inclinares ad ei indulgendum. II. Circiter duodecim epistolas habebant,
quas expedire negligebant, nihilominus, simul atque eas recepimus,
quamprirnum aperuimus et eas legimus. 12. Utinam praescripta