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§568. Substantive Clauses of Result (Consecutive Clauses)

Substantive Clauses of Result with ut (negative ut nōn) are used as the object of verbs denoting the accomplishment of an effort. 1

Such are especially faciō and its compounds ( efficiō, cōnficiō, etc.):—

  • efficiam ut intellegātis (Clu. 7), I will make you understand (lit. effect that you, etc.). [So, faciam ut intellegātis (id. 9).]
  • commeātūs ut portārī possent efficiēbat (B. G. 2.5), made it possible that supplies could be brought.
  • perfēcī ut ē rēgnō ille discēderet (Fam. 15.4.6), I brought about his departure from the kingdom.
  • quae lībertās ut laetior esset rēgis superbia fēcerat (Liv. 2.1), the arrogance of the king had made this liberty more welcome.
  • ēvincunt īnstandō ut litterae darentur (id. 2.4), by insisting they gain their point,—that letters should be sent. [Here ēvincunt = efficiunt.]

J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.