depends in construction on an Infinitive or Subjunctive; cūrō ŭt ĕum mīttăt quī vēră nūntĭĕt I-take-care that he sends the-man who brings true tidings.
§ 219. Local, Temporal, and Modal Sentences.—These have the Indicative or the Subjunctive on the same principles as Relative sentences.
§ 220. Causal Sentences. — These have the Indicative if they simply give the cause or reason; but the Subjunctive if that is required by the principles (C) or (D).
Cum since, which is properly a Temporal Conjunction, takes the Subjunctive.
§ 221. Consecutive and Final Sentences.— These always take the Subjunctive: effēcĭt ŭt urbs căpĕrētŭr he brought about that the town was taken; ēst ŭt vīvăt he eats to live.
The student must be careful not to confuse Consecutive and Final Sentences. In he kept me so long that I missed my train we have a Consecutive sentence, showing the effect actually produced by his keeping me. In he kept me so long that I might miss my train we have a Final sentence, showing the effect which he intended to produce by his keeping me. Consecutive sentences therefore must express facts, but Final sentences need not do so.
§ 222. Concessive Sentences. — In these the Indicative or the Subjunctive is used according to the Conjunction employed: quamvīs, lĭcĕt, ŭt, take the Subjunctive; quamquam the Indicative; etsī follows the construction of sī if, with which it is compounded.
§ 223. Conditional Sentences.— These follow their Principal sentences in having the Indicative if the Conditional statement is treated as if it were a fact, the Subjunctive if it is treated as a mere imagination. (See §§239 sqq.)
Tenses in Dependent Sentences.
§ 224. Tenses of the Indicative.— The time of the Verb in a Dependent Clause is generally dependent on that
