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THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN INDIRECT QUESTIONS 183 aberat trānsiērunt.
 * 1) Hōs rēx hortātus est ut ōrāculum adīrent et rēs audītās ad sē referrent.
 * 2) Quem imperātor illī legiōnī praefēcit? Pūblius illī legiōnī pracerat.
 * 3) Cum esset Caesar in citeriōre Galliā, crēbrī ad eum rūmōrēs adferēbantur litterīsque quoque certior fīēbat Gallōs obsidēs inter sē dare.

II.
 * 1) The Gauls will make war upon Cæsar’s allies.
 * 2) We heard that the Gauls would make war upon Cæsar’s allies.
 * 3) Publius did not take part in that battle.
 * 4) We have been informed that Publius did not take part in that battle.
 * 5) The man who was in command of the cavalry was wounded and began to retreat.
 * 6) Cæsar did not place you in command of the cohort to bring disaster upon the army.



429. Review the word lists in §§ 517, 518.

430. When we report a statement instead of giving it directly, we have an indirect statement. (Cf. § 414.) So, if we report a question instead of asking it directly, we have an indirect question.

a. An indirect question depends, usually as object, upon a verb of asking (as petō, postulō, quaerō, rogō) or upon some verb or expression of saying or mental action. (Cf. § 420.)

431. Compare the following direct and indirect questions: