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C. 42. 2 : " Nee sane lavare potui, fui enim hodie in funus." Cf. Cic. ad. Attic. 15. 

 4. 2 : " ut certior fieret, quo die in Tusculanum essem futurus." A. Gell. 1.7: " Idem 

 autem ille amicus uoster in cjnsdem ]\I. TuUii Ciceronis orationc, quae est de imperio 

 Cn. Pompeii, ita scriptum esse a Cicerone dicebat, atque ipse ita lectitabat (pro lege 

 Manil. 12. 33): Cum vestros portus atque eos portus, quibus vitam ac spiritum ducitis, 

 in praedonum fuisse potestatcm sciatis. Neque soloecismum esse ajebat ' in potestatem 

 fuisse,' ut vulgus semidoctum putat, sed ratione dictum certa et proba contendcbat, qua 

 et Graeci uterentnr : et Plautus vcrborum Latinorum elegantissimus in Amphitryone 

 (1. 1. 26) dixit: 'Numero mihi in mentem fuit'; non, ut dici solitum est, 'in mente.' 

 Sed enim praeter Plautimi, cujus Ule in praesens exemplo usus est, multam nos quoque 

 apud veteres scriptores locutionum talium copiam ofFendimus, atque his vulgo annota- 

 mentis inspersimus." After such testimony, it is unnecessary to adduce any other evi- 

 dence that this mode of expression, not only occurred in writers of the best ages, but 

 was considered elegant. I will, however, add one more instance. Suet. Oct. 16: "Ne 

 rectis quidem ocuhs eum aspicere potuisse instructam aciem : verum supinum coelum 

 intuentem stupidum cubuisse : nee prius surrexisse ac militibus in conspectum fuisse, 

 quam a M. Agrippa fugatae sint hostium naves." It is probable that Suetonius, in 

 mentioning this charge by Antony against Octavianus of a want of courage, quotes 

 his very words. 



C. 51. 2: "deinde fecit reporrigere Caesarem." This use of "facere" is not infre- 

 quent. Cf. Liv. 22. 13: "Sed Punicum abhorrens ab Latinorum nominum prolatione 

 pro Casino Casilmum ducem accipere fecit." * Varr. de R R. 3. 5. 3 : " Fenestras raras, 

 per quas non videantur extrinsecus arbores aut aves ; quod earum aspectus ac deside- 

 rium macrescere facit volucres inclusas." Colum. 12. 38. 5; "Mel Atticum ter infer- 

 vere facito." Cic. Brut. 38. 142 : " Nulla res magis penetrat in animos, eosque fingit 

 format flectit ; talesque oratores videri facit, quales ipsi se videri volunt." 



C. 63. 9 : " Rogo vos, oportet credatis " ; c. 74. 2 : " nam aut incendium ojiortet fiat, 

 aut aliquis in vicinia animam abjicict"; to which may be added c. 92. 3: "oportet 

 hodie bene sit," and c. 102. 14: "tamquam hie solus color figuram possit pervertere, et 

 non multa una oporteat consentiant, ut omni ratione mendacium constet " ; the one a 

 remark of Eumolpus, the other of Giton. However few the instances of the subjunc- 

 tive after "oportet" are in comparison with the many in which the accusative with the 

 infinitive is used, they prove, not only that this construction was used, but that it was 

 used by the best writers. Cf Cic. Divin. in Caec. 11. 34 : " sin autem de accusatione dici- 

 mus, concedas oportet iis, qui nullo suo peccato impediuntur, quominus alterius peccata 



* Others read " ducem ut acciperet." 



