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Note the correlative expressions:-
non solum (non modo) ••• sed etiam, not only . •• but also; non modo non ..• sed ne . • • quidem, not only not, but not even; as,non modo tibi non irascor, sed ne reprehendo quidem factum tuum, I not only am not angry with you, but 1do not even blame your action. a. But when the sentence has but one verb, and this stands with the second member, non modo may be used for non modo non; as,adsentatio non modo amico sed ne libero quidem digna est, flattery is not only not worthy of a friend, but not even of a free man.
344. Illative Conjunctions. These represent the statement which they introduce as following from or as in conformity with what has preceded. I.
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a) itaque = and so, accordingiy . b) ergo = therefore, accordingly. c) igitur (regularly post-positive 1)
= therefore,
accordingly.
Igitur is never combined with et, atque, -que, or neque.
345. Causal Conjunctions. These denote cause, or give an explanation. They are nam, namque, enim (post-positive), etenim, for. 346. Asyndeton. The conjunction is sometimes omitted between coordinate members, particularly in lively or impassioned narration. Thus: a) A Copulative Conjunction is omitted j as,avaritia infinita insatHibilis est, avarice is boundless (and) insatiable; Cn. Pompejo, M. Crasso consulibus, in the consulship of Gnaeus Pompey (a1zd) Marcus Crassus. The conjunction is regularly omitted between the names of consuls when the praenornen (Marcus, Gaius, etc. ) is expressed. II) An Adversative Conjunction may be omitted j as,rationes defuerunt, iibertb orlltionis non defuit, arguments were lacking, (but) abundance of tuords was not. 1
Except in Sallust and Silver Latin.