W. M. Lindsay, Syntax of Plautus, V. The Verb., para 31

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Table of Contents:

I. Colloquialisms. The Concords.

III. The Adjective.

VI. The Adverb.

VII. The Preposition.

VIII. The Conjunction.

IX. The Interjection.

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Lastly may be mentioned that the curious Latin use of 2nd Person Singular of this Mood in general statements, not referring to a definite person, is as early as Plautus, e.g.

Bacch. 63 “ubi periclum facias (when one makes trial), aculeata sunt”,
Truc. 569 “quod des, devorat”,
Trin. 914 “fieri istuc solet: quod in manu teneas atque oculis videas, id desideres.”

Like it is the ‘Potential’ credas ‘one would think,’ etc, e.g.

Most. 243 “videas eam medullitus me amare”,
Ter. Hec. 58 “per pol quam paucos reperias meretricibus fideles evenire amatores, Syra.”

To the Present credas of Accius 395, “interruptum credas nimbum volvier”, the Imperfect crederes of Accius 321, “Mavortes armis duo congressos crederes”, stands in the same relation as the Imperfect to the Present of the Jussive Subjunctive (see above, 14）

Syntax of Plautus. W. M. Lindsay. Anne Mahoney. edited for Perseus. Oxford. J. Parker and Co. 1907.

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