[*] 520. The special constructions of General Conditions are sometimes found in Conditional Relative Clauses:—
- The Second Person Singular of the Subjunctive in the protasis with the Indicative of a general truth in the apodosis (§ 518. a):—
- The Perfect or Pluperfect Indicative in the protasis and the Present or Imperfect
Indicative in the apodosis
(§ 518. b):—
- “cum hūcvēnī, hōc ipsum nihil agere mē dēlectat” (De Or. 2.24) , whenever I come here, this very doing nothing delights me (whenever I have come, etc.). [Present General Condition.]
- “cum rosamvīderat, tum incipere vēr arbitrābātur” (Verr. 5.27) , whenever he saw (had seen) a rose, then he thought spring was beginning. [Past General Condition.]
- In later writers (rarely in Cicero and Cæsar)
the Imperfect or Pluperfect Subjunctive in the protasis and the Imperfect Indicative in
the apodosis (§ 518. c):—
- “ubiimbēcillitās māteriae postulārevidērētur, pīlae interpōnuntur” (B. C. 2.16) , wherever the weakness of the timber seemed to require, piles were put between. [Past General Condition: interpōnuntur = interpōnēbantur .]
- “quōcumque sēintulisset, victōriam sēcum trahēbat” (Liv. 6.8) , wherever he advanced, he carried victory with him. [Past General Condition.]