§565. Substantive Clauses of Purpose

Volō and its compounds, the impersonals licet and oportet, and the imperatives dīc and fac often take the Subjunctive without ut:—

• volō amēs (Att. 2.10), I wish you to love.
• quam vellem mē invītāssēs (Fam. 10.28.1), how I wish you had invited me!
• māllem Cerberum metuerēs (Tusc. 1.12), I had rather you feared Cerberus.
• sint enim oportet (id. 1.12), for they must exist.
• querāmur licet (Caec. 41), we are allowed to complain.
• fac dīligās (Att. 3.13.2), do love! [A periphrasis for the imperative dīlige, love (cf. § 449. c).]
• dīc exeat, tell him to go out.

For licet in concessive clauses, see § 527. b.

a. Verbs of commanding and the like often take the subjunctive without ut:—

• huic mandat Rēmōs adeat (B. G. 3.11), he orders him to visit the Remi.
• rogat fīnem faciat (id. 1.20), he asks him to cease.
• Mnēsthea vocat, classem aptent sociī; (Aen. 4.289), he calls Mnestheus [and orders that] his comrades shall make ready the fleet.