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 parallel with a simple imperfect); 9:25,, , .—In  f. a series of frequentative perfects consecutive is interrupted by an imperfect consecutive, while a simple imperfect (as the modus rei repetitae) forms the conclusion. In  a similar perfect is expressly marked, by placing the tone on the final syllable (according to ), as parallel with the real perfects consecutive.

Rem. The loose connexion of tempora frequentativa by (cf. the Rem. on y and bb) is also very common in this sense; thus with a following perfect consecutive,  f. (but in verse 42a, where the verb is separated from the  by an insertion, we find, according to ); , ,  ff. (see above, e),, , , (followed by five perfects consecutive); ; with a following imperfect (as the modus rei repetitae), , .—In  f. , contrary to what would be expected, is continued by means of the imperfect consecutive, and in  by  with the perfect (instead of the imperfect).

5. Further, the perfect consecutive is very frequently employed with a certain emphasis to introduce the apodosis after sentences (or their equivalents) which contain a condition, a reason, or a statement of time. Such an apodosis, as in the cases already treated, may represent either future events, or commands and wishes, or even events which have been often repeated in the past. Thus—

(a) The perfect consecutive occurs in the apodosis to conditional sentences (, o, s):

(α) After with the imperfect, e.g. b, (well then) we shall but die; here the perfect consecutive is used obviously with greater emphasis than the imperfect  which immediately precedes; , , 41, 32:9, , , , , , ,.

(β) After with the perfect (in the sense of a futurum exactum),, , 74a,  f.; as precative apodosis after  with the ''perf. preteritum'', ; as a frequentative perfect consecutive, to represent past events in the apodosis after with a perfect,, , , ; after  with imperfect,.

(γ) After (in case, suppose that) with the imperfect,, , , ,. Frequentative with reference to the past, after with frequentative perfect,, f.