§581. Declaratory Sentences in Indirect Discourse

The Subject Accusative of the Infinitive is regularly expressed in Indirect Discourse, even if it is wanting in the direct:

• ōrātor sum, I am an orator; dīcit sē esse ōrātōrem, he says he is an orator.

• īgnōscere imprūdentiae dīxit (B. G. 4.27), he said he pardoned their rashness.
• eadem ab aliīs quaerit: reperit esse vēra (id. 1.18), he inquires about these same things from others; he finds that they are true.

• tē suspicor eīsdem rēbus quibus mē ipsum commovērī; (Cat. M. 1), I suspect that you are disturbed by the same things as I.
• cōnfīdō tamen haec quoque tibi nōn minus grāta quam ipsōs librōs futūra (Plin. Ep. 3.5.20), I trust that these facts too will be no less pleasing to you than the books themselves.

• vir bonus et sapiēns ait esse parātus (Hor. Ep. 1.7.22), a good and wise man says he is prepared, etc. [In prose: ait sē esse parātum.]
• sēnsit mediōs dēlāpsus in hostīs (Aen. 2.377), he found himself fallen among the foe. [In prose: sē esse dēlāpsum.]