Chapter 569 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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Substantive Clauses of Result are used as the subject of the following:—

Of passive verbs denoting the accomplishment of an effort: — impetrātum est ut in senātū recitārentur ( litterae ) ( B. C. 1.1 ), they succeeded in having the letter read in the senate (it was brought about that, etc.). ita efficitur ut omne corpus mortāle sit (N. D. 3.30) , it therefore is made out that every body is mortal. Of Impersonals meaning it happens, it remains, it follows, it is necessary , it is added , and the like (§ 568 , footnote):— accidit ut esset lūna plēna (B. G. 4.29) , it happened to be full moon (it happened that it was, etc.). [Here ut esset is subject of accidit .] reliquum est ut officiīs certēmus inter nōs (Fam. 7.31) , it remains for us to vie with each other in courtesies. restat ut hōc dubitēmus (Rosc. Am. 88) , it is left for us to doubt this. sequitur ut doceam (N. D. 2.81) , the next thing is to show (it follows, etc.). The infinitive sometimes occurs: as, —nec enim acciderat mihi opus esse (Fam. 6.11.1) , for it had not happened to be necessary to me. Necesse est often takes the subjunctive without ut : as, — concēdās necesse est (Rosc. Am. 87) , you must grant. Of est in the sense of it is the fact that , etc. (mostly poetic):— est ut virō vir lātius ōrdinet arbusta (Hor. Od. 3.1.9) , it is the fact that one man plants his vineyards in wider rows than another.

Fore (or futūrum esse ) ut with a clause of result as subject is Often used instead of the Future Infinitive active or passive; so necessarily in verbs which have no supine stem:— spērō fore ut contingat id nōbīs (Tusc. 1.82) , I hope that will be our happy lot. cum vidērem fore ut nōn possem (Cat. 2.4) , when I saw that I should not be able.

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