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Rh so beautiful was Helen, you would have thought her a goddess. (For the Indefinite Second Person, see § 355.)

3. The Subjunctive in the Apodosis of Conditional Statements belongs here. It denotes what it is thought would happen, or would have happened, subject to certain circumstances: pulchram earn pŭtes you would think her beautiful, sī vĭdĕās if you were to see her. See § 239.

§ 384. By a slight change of meaning the Subjunctive is used of events which it is thought should happen or should have happened} It is thus found:

(1) In Recommendations or mild commands: hōc făcĭās you should do this; hōc nōn fēcissēs you ought not to have done this.

(2) In Questions:, quĭd ēnŭmĕrem artĭum multĭtūdĭnĕm? why should I enumerate the multitude of the arts? cum haec vĭdērem, quĭd făcĕrem? what was I to do when I saw this?

Ques. nōn argentum reddĕrem? ought I not to have returned the money (silver)? Ans. nōn reddĕres you ought not.