Amabo ‘prithee,’ in Old Latin chiefly used by women, and always accompanying a question or a commandSometimes expressed by ut and Subjunctive, e.g. Truc. 872 immo amabo ut hos dies aliquos sinas eum esse apud me., is to be referred to a suppressed Protasis ‘(do this); if you do, I will love you.’ Poen. 250 sqq. throws light on its origin: >A. soror, parce, amabo. . . . B. quiesco. A. ergo amo te. In the Infinitive we find amare (not ‘amaturum esse’), e.g. Men. 524 amare ait te multum Erotium, etc. (For details, see Lindskog: , pp. 19 sqq.) On Future Imperative see below, 32