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        <title level="m">Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar</title>
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        <principal>Christopher Francese</principal>
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        A subjunctive clause with
<foreign>
<emph>quīn</emph>
</foreign>
is used after verbs and other expressions of
<emph rend="ital">hindering</emph>
,
<gloss>resisting</gloss>
,
<gloss>refusing</gloss>
,
<gloss>doubting</gloss>
,
<gloss>delaying</gloss>
, and the like, when these are
<emph rend="ital">negatived</emph>
, either expressly or by implication:—
<list type="ordered">
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nōn hūmāna ūlla neque dīvīna obstant
<emph>quīn</emph>
sociōs amīcōs
<emph>trahant exscindant</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Sal. Fr. 4.20.17" default="false">(Sall. Ep. Mith. 17)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
no human or divine laws prevent them from taking captive and exterminating their friendly allies.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
ut nē Suessiōnēs quidem dēterrēre potuerint
<emph>quīn</emph>
cum hīs
<emph>cōnsentīrent</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Gal. 2.3" default="false">(B. G. 2.3)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
that they were unable to hinder even the Suessiones from making common cause with them.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nōn posse mīlitēs continērī
<emph>quīn</emph>
in urbem
<emph>inrumperent</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Civ. 2.12" default="false">(B. C. 2.12)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
that the soldiers could not be restrained from bursting into the city.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nōn recūsat
<emph>quīn iūdicēs</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Deiot. 43" default="false">(Deiot. 43)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>he does not object to your judging.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
neque recūsāre
<emph>quīn</emph>
armīs
<emph>contendant</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Gal. 4.7" default="false">(B. G. 4.7)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>and that they did not refuse to fight.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<foreign>
<foreign>
praeterīre nōn potuī
<emph>quīn scrīberem</emph>
ad tē
</foreign>
;
</foreign>
(Caesar ap. Cic.
<foreign>Att</foreign>
. 9.6A),
<gloss>I could not neglect to write to you.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
Trēverī tōtīus hiemis nūllum tempus intermīsērunt
<emph>quīn</emph>
lēgātōs
<emph>mitterent</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Gal. 5.55" default="false">(B. G. 5.55)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
the Treveri let no part of the winter pass without sending ambassadors.
</gloss>
[Cf.
<bibl n="Caes. Gal. 5.53" default="false">B. G. 5.53</bibl>
;
<bibl n="Caes. Civ. 1.78" default="false">B. C. 1.78</bibl>
.]
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nōn cūnctandum exīstimāvit
<emph>quīn</emph>
pūgnā
<emph>dēcertāret</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Gal. 3.23" default="false">(B. G. 3.23)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
he thought he ought not to delay risking a decisive battle.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
paulum āfuit
<emph>quīn</emph>
Vārum
<emph>interficeret</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Civ. 2.35" default="false">(B. C. 2.35)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>he just missed killing Varus</gloss>
(it lacked little but that he should kill).
</item>
<item>
<foreign>
neque multum āfuit
<emph>quīn</emph>
castrīs
<emph>expellerentur</emph>
</foreign>
(
<foreign>id</foreign>
. 2.35),
<gloss>
they came near being driven out of the camp.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
facere nōn possum
<emph>quīn</emph>
cotīdiē ad tē
<emph>mittam</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Att. 12.27.2" default="false">(Att. 12.27.2)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>I cannot help sending to you every day.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
fierī nūllō modō poterat
<emph>quīn</emph>
Cleomenī
<emph>parcerētur</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Ver. 2.5.104" default="false">(Verr. 5.104)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
it was out of the question that Cleomenes should not be spared.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
ut efficī nōn possit
<emph>quīn</emph>
eōs
<emph>ōderim</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Phil. 11.36" default="false">(Phil. 11.36)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
so that nothing can prevent my hating them.
</gloss>
</item>
</list>
</p>
<milestone unit="smythsub" n="a"/>
<p>
<foreign>
<emph>Quīn</emph>
</foreign>
is especially common with
<foreign>nōn dubitō</foreign>
,
<gloss>I do not doubt</gloss>
,
<foreign>nōn est dubium</foreign>
,
<gloss>there is no doubt</gloss>
, and similar expressions:—
<list type="ordered">
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nōn dubitābat
<emph>quīn</emph>
eī
<emph>crēderēmus</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Att. 6.2.3" default="false">(Att. 6.2.3)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>he did not doubt that we believed him.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
illud cavē dubitēs
<emph>quīn</emph>
ego omnia
<emph>faciam</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Fam. 5.20.6" default="false">(Fam. 5.20.6)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>do not doubt that I will do all.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
quis īgnōrat
<emph>quīn</emph>
tria Graecōrum genera
<emph>sint</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Flac. 64" default="false">(Flacc. 64)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
who is ignorant that there are three races of Greeks?
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<foreign>
nōn erat dubium
<emph>quīn</emph>
Helvētiī plūrimum
<emph>possent</emph>
</foreign>
(cf.
<bibl n="Caes. Gal. 1.3" default="false">B. G. 1.3</bibl>
),
<gloss>
there was no doubt that the Helvetians were most powerful.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
neque Caesarem fefellit
<emph>quīn</emph>
ab iīs cohortibus initium victōriae
<emph>orīrētur</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Civ. 3.94" default="false">(B. C. 3.94)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
and it did not escape Cæsar's notice that the beginning of the victory came from those cohorts.
</gloss>
</item>
</list>
<note place="inline" n="1" rend="ag" anchored="true">
<foreign>
<emph>Dubitō</emph>
</foreign>
without a negative is regularly followed by an Indirect Question; so sometimes
<foreign>
<emph>nōn dubitō</emph>
</foreign>
and the like:—
</note>
<list type="ordered">
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nōn nūllī dubitant
<emph>an</emph>
per Sardiniam
<emph>veniat</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Fam. 9.7" default="false">(Fam. 9.7)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
some doubt whether he is coming through Sardinia.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
dubitāte, sī potestis, ā
<emph>quō sit</emph>
Sex. Rōscius
<emph>occīsus</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. S. Rosc. 78" default="false">(Rosc. Am. 78)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>doubt</gloss>
,
<gloss>if you can</gloss>
,
<gloss>by whom Sextus Roscius was murdered.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
dubitābam tū hās ipsās litterās
<emph>essēsne</emph>
acceptūrus
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Att. 15.9" default="false">(Att. 15.9)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
I doubt whether you will receive this very letter.
</gloss>
[Epistolary Imperfect (§
479
).]
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
<emph>quālis sit</emph>
futūrus, nē vōs quidem dubitātis
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Civ. 2.32" default="false">(B. C. 2.32)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>and what it</gloss>
(the outcome)
<gloss>will be, you yourselves do not doubt.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nōn dubitō
<emph>quid sentiant</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Fam. 15.9" default="false">(Fam. 15.9)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>I do not doubt what they think.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<foreign>
dubium illī nōn erat
<emph>quid futūrum</emph>
esset
</foreign>
(
<foreign>id</foreign>
. 8.8.1),
<gloss>
it was not doubtful to him what was going to happen.
</gloss>
</item>
</list>
<note place="inline" n="2" rend="ag" anchored="true">
<foreign>
<emph>Nōn dubitō</emph>
</foreign>
in the sense of
<emph rend="ital">I do not hesitate</emph>
commonly takes the Infinitive, but sometimes
<foreign>
<emph>quīn</emph>
</foreign>
with the Subjunctive:—
</note>
<list type="ordered">
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nec dubitāre illum
<emph>appellāre</emph>
sapientem
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Amic. 1" default="false">(Lael. 1)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>and not to hesitate to call him a sage.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
dubitandum nōn exīstimā vit
<emph>quīn proflcīscerētur</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Gal. 2.2" default="false">(B. G. 2.2)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
he did not think he ought to hesitate to set out.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
<emph>quid</emph>
dubitās
<emph>ūtī</emph>
temporis opportūnitāte
</q>
<bibl n="Caes. Civ. 2.34" default="false">(B. C. 2.34)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
why do you hesitate to take advantage of the favorable moment?
</gloss>
[A question implying a negative.]
</item>
</list>
</p>
<milestone unit="smythsub" n="b"/>
<p>
<term>Verbs of hindering</term>
and
<emph rend="ital">refusing</emph>
often take the subjunctive with
<foreign>
<emph>nē</emph>
</foreign>
or
<emph>quōminus</emph>
(=
<foreign>
<emph>ut eō minus</emph>
</foreign>
), especially when the verb is not negatived:—
<list type="ordered">
<item>
<cit>
<q>
plūra
<emph>nē dīcam</emph>
tuae mē lacrimae impediunt
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Planc. 104" default="false">(Planc. 104)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
your tears preveni me from speaking further.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nec aetās impedit
<emph>quōminus</emph>
agrī colendī studia
<emph>teneāmus</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Sen. 60" default="false">(Cat. M. 60)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
nor does age prevent us from retaining an interest in tilling the soil.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nihil impedit
<emph>quōminus</emph>
id facere
<emph>possīmus</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Fin. 1.33" default="false">(Fin. 1.33)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>
nothing hinders us from being able to do that.
</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
obstitistī
<emph>nē</emph>
trānsīre cōpiae
<emph>possent</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Ver. 2.5.5" default="false">(Verr. 5.5)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>you opposed the passage of the troops</gloss>
(opposed lest the troops should cross).
</item>
</list>
<note place="inline" n="1" rend="ag" anchored="true">
Some
<term>verbs of hindering</term>
may take the Infinitive:—
</note>
<list type="ordered">
<item>
<cit>
<q>
nihil obest
<emph>dīcere</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Fam. 9.13.4" default="false">(Fam. 9.13.4)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>there is nothing to prevent my saying it.</gloss>
</item>
<item>
<cit>
<q>
prohibet
<emph>accēdere</emph>
</q>
<bibl n="Cic. Caec. 46" default="false">(Caec. 46)</bibl>
</cit>
,
<gloss>prevents him from approaching.</gloss>
</item>
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