-
pluperfect subjunctive is
converted into an
indirect statement: Clōdium
negant eō diē Rōmam, nisī dē Cȳrō audīsset,
fuisse reditūrum (Cicero) 'they say...
-
speech form is
regularly oportuisse with the
present infinitive:
domum negant oportuisse mē aedificāre (Cicero) 'they say I
ought not to have
built the...
- the 15th century,
where it was
noted in
arrears lists as quia
tenentes negant solvere, (lit. 'because the
tenants refuse to pay'). Do****entation of rent...
-
speech form is
regularly oportuisse with the
present infinitive:
domum negant oportuisse mē aedificāre (Cicero) 'they say I
ought not to have
built the...
- is
understood from the context, and only an
ablative absolute remains:
negant sē inde
prius quam captā urbe
hostium reditūrōs esse (Livy) "they said that...
- sit tempus? Se scire, aut
dicere posse, unâ omnes, sapiens,
insipiensque negant.
Nempe animus noster vitam scit,
tempora nescit:
Aeternum quid enim praetereuntis...
