CLAS 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Durum, Autopsy, Indirect Speech
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Moniturus, -a, -um esse monendus, -a, -um esse. Monendus, -a, -um fuisse: verb of the head (thinking, saying, perceiving, knowing, a subject accusative, an infinitive to set up the indirect speech. Present = time simultaneous to action of main clause. Perfect = time prior to action of main clause. Future = time subsequent to action of main clause. Indirect statements show relative time to the main clause. = i think that he understood the poems of vergil well. = i think that he understands the poems of vergil well. = i think that he will understand the poems of vergil well. Caesar dixit se tres legatos ad provinciam missurum esse (acc. = caesar said that he would send three envoys to the province. It is reported that a harsh war was waged by us. When the subject of indirect statement is subject of main verb.