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because they said they were going to wage war with tlu Romans on their own account. . b. Non quod, non quo (by attraction for non eo quod), non quia, not that, not because; and non quod non, non quo non, non quin, not that •.. not; not because • • • not; not but that, are usually employed merely to introduce a hypothetical reason, and hence take the Subjunctive j as,id feci, 110n quod vas hanc defensionem desiderare arbrtrarer, sed ut omnes intellegerent, this I did, not because I thought you needed this defense, but that all might perceive; Crasso commendationem nOll sum pollicitus, non quin eam v alttflram apud te arbrtrarer, sed egere mihi commendattone 110n videbatur, I did not promise a recommendation to Crassus, not that I did not think it would have weight witlt you, but because he did not seem to me to need recommendation:
c. But clauses introduced by non quod, non quia take the Indicati ve if tlzey state a fact, even though that fact is denied to be the reason for something j as,hoc ita sentio, non quia sum ipse augur, sed quia sic existimiire nos est nece~se, this I think, not because I am myself aft augur (which I really am), but because il is necessary for us to think so. 2.
Cum causal regularly
takes the Subjunctive;
as, -
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quae cum ita sint, since this is so; cum sis mor talts, quae mortalra sunt, cura, since you are mortal, care for what is mortal.
a. Note the phrase cum praesertim
(praesertim
cum),
especially since; as,Haeduos accfisat, praesertim cum eorum precibus adductus bellum suaceperrt, he blamed the Haedui, especially since he had tmdertaken the war at tluir entreaties. 3. Quando (less frequent than the other causal particles) governs the Indicative; as,id omitto, quando wish.
vobis ita placet, I pass over that, since you
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