§305. Relative Pronouns

A Relative agrees with its Antecedent in Gender and Number; but its Case depends on its construction in the clause in which it stands:—

• ea diēs quam cōnstituerat vēnit (B. G. 1.8), that day which he had appointed came.
• pontem quī erat ad Genāvam iubet rescindī; (id. 1.7), he orders the bridge which was near Geneva to be cut down.
• Aduatucī, dē quibus suprā dīximus, domum revertērunt (id. 2.29), the Aduatuci, of whom we have spoken above, returned home.

a. If a relative has two or more antecedents, it follows the rules for the agreement of predicate adjectives (§§ 286, 287):—

• fīlium et fīliam, quōs valdē dīlēxit, unō tempore āmīsit, he lost at the same time a son and a daughter whom he dearly loved.
• grandēs nātū mātrēs et parvulī līberī, quōrum utrōrumque aetās misericor, diam nostram requīrit (Verr. 5.129), aged matrons and little children, whose time of life in each case demands our compassion.
• ōtium atque dīvitiae, quae prīma mortālēs putant (Sall. Cat. 36), idleness and wealth, which men count the first (objects of desire).
• eae frūgēs et frūctūs quōs terra gignit (N. D. 2.37), those fruits and crops which the earth produces.

For the Person of the verb agreeing with the Relative, see § 316. a.