1. The Present is the tense of the Imperative most commonly used, but the
Future is employed--
a) Where there is a distinct reference to future time, especially in the
apodosis of conditional sentences; as,--
rem v??b?«s pr??p??nam; v??s eam pendit??te, _I will lay the matter before
you; do you (then) consider it_;
s?« bene disput??bit, tribuit?? litter?«s Graecis, _if he shall speak well,
attribute it to Greek literature._
b) In laws, treaties, wills, maxims, etc.; as,--
c??nsul?“s summum j?«s habent??, _the consuls shall have supreme power_;
hominem mortuom in urbe n?“ sepel?«t??, _no one shall bury a dead body in
the city_;
am?«citia r?“g?« Antioch?? cum popul?? R??m??n?? h?«s legibus et condici??nibus
est??, _let there be friendship between Antiochus and the Roman people
on the following terms and conditions_;
qu??rtae est?? partis M??rcus h?“r?“s, _let Marcus be heir to a fourth (of
the property_);
ign??scit?? saepe alter?«, numquam tibi, _forgive your neighbor often,
yourself never_.
2. Except with the Future Imperative the negative is not used in classical
prose. Prohibitions are regularly expressed in other ways. See ?§ 276, b.
3. Questions in the Indicative introduced by qu?«n (_why not?_) are often
equivalent to an Imperative or to the Hortatory Subjunctive; as,--
qu?«n ab?«s, _go away!_ (lit.
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