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 &c.; so also to cast oneself down,  being turned to the earth,, &c. (for we find  in, ). —Cf. finally the formula, ; cf. and note 2.

Rem. On circumlocutions of this kind to express negative attributes by means of short noun-clauses (complete or incomplete), cf. .

3. As circumstantial -clauses, we find (1) sometimes affirmative clauses (see below), but far more frequently (2) negative clauses (see f), and among these (3) a certain number of expressions which may be regarded simply as equivalent to negative adverbial ideas (see g).

Examples of (1) b woe unto them, that tarry late in the evening, ;, , , , , , , ,. The circumstantial verbal-clause is used to particularize an action which has before been expressed generally, in, =crossing his hands; , ; antithetically,. The verbal-clause seems to assign a reason in ; a consequence in.

Rem. On the cases in which an imperfect in the sense of a final clause is subordinated to a verb of motion (generally ), see.

Of (2), subordinate verbal-clauses with (in English usually rendered by without and the gerund, if the subject be the same as in the principal clause), e.g.   it asunder; ;  with the perfect is so used in, , ,  (without its being blown upon it). With a different subject, equivalent to a consecutive clause in English, .—Moreover, verbal-clauses in the same sense (without doing, &c.) are frequently connected by ; cf. ,, ; in a concessive sense, ,.

Of (3), cf. (prop. he knows it not) unawares,, ,  (after an infinitive absolute); ,  (but  , ; see f at the end);  (prop. they hide not) openly,  (but