Latin Subjunctive -6

Result Substantive (Noun) Clause

Substantive clause is a noun clause. Certain verbs take a noun form of ut + subjunctive and showing a result. Some examples.

Gravitas morbi facit ut medicina egeamus. The severity of the disease makes us need medicine (the severity of the disease causes with the result that we need medicine).

Eficiam (Faciam) ut intellegatis. I will make you understand.

Please compare the Latin and the English sentences carefully.

Latin: Facio ut + subjunctive
Englishi: to make + infinitive

The English (using make + infinitive) is considered to be developed or evolved from Latin but something is missing, something which the Latin ut + subjunctive brings. The following advertisement phrase would be new to Latin people.

"For those people determined to make things happen ....."

Some more examples:

ex quō efficitur, ut voluptās nōn sit summum bonum. From which it follows that pleasure is not the greatest good.

ita fit, ut nēmō esse possit beātus. Thus it happens that no one can be happy.

accēdēbat ut nāvēs deessent. Another thing was the lack of ships (lit. it was added that ships were lacking).

The text book says 'fit, efficitur, accidit, ēvenit, contingit, accēdit, fierī potest, fore, sequitur, relinquitur' take ut + subjunctive

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Another text book shows:

verbs and phrases taking an ut-clause of result as subject or object are accēdit, accidit, additur, altera t rēs, committō, cōnsequor, contingit, efficiō, ēvenit, faciō, fit, fierī potest, fore, impetrō, integrum est, mōs est, mūnus est, necesse est, prope est, rēctum est, relinquitur, reliqutat, tantī est, tantum abest , and a few others.

and shows some common meanings:

1) accomplishment of an effort for faciō and its compounds ( efficiō , cōnficiō , etc.):—

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

in passive

impetrātum est utin senātū recitārentur (litterae) (B. C. 1.1), they succeeded in having the letter read in
the senate (it was brought about that, etc.).

“ita efficitur ut omne corpus mortāle sit” (N. D. 3.30) , it therefore is made out that every body is mortal.

2) Of Impersonals meaning it happens, it remains, it follows, it is necessary, it is added, and the like

1. “accidit ut essetlūna plēna ” (B. G. 4.29) , it happened to be full moon (it happened that it was, etc.). [Here ut esset is subject of accidit .]
2. “reliquum est utofficiīs certēmusinter nōs ” (Fam. 7.31) , it remains for us to vie with each other in courtesies.
3. “ tat ut hōc dubitēmus” (Rosc. Am. 88) , it is left for us to doubt this.
4. “sequitur ut doceam” (N. D. 2.81) , the next thing is to show (it follows, etc.).

What is or what are common with Result among these verbs mentioned above? Result and subjunctive (showing potential) are contradictory.

There many types of verbs (in terms of meaning) but the basic function of verbs is to shows 'action' and 'change (including no change)'.

Let us see the above verbs one by one.


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